Notes from the Field : Nosocomial Outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome in a Large Tertiary Care Hospital — Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2015

  • Balkhy H
  • Alenazi T
  • Alshamrani M
  • et al.
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Abstract

Since the first diagnosis of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) caused by the MERS coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 2012, sporadic cases and clusters have occurred throughout the country (1). During June-August, 2015, a large MERS outbreak occurred at King Abulaziz Medical City, a 1,200-bed tertiary-care hospital that includes a 150-bed emergency department that registers 250,000 visits per year.

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Balkhy, H. H., Alenazi, T. H., Alshamrani, M. M., Baffoe-Bonnie, H., Al-Abdely, H. M., El-Saed, A., … bin Saeed, A. (2016). Notes from the Field : Nosocomial Outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome in a Large Tertiary Care Hospital — Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2015. MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 65(6), 163–164. https://doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6506a5

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