Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Infections in Health Care Workers

Abstract

To the Editor: A majority of the 94 cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus ({MERS-CoV)} infection that have been reported to date have occurred in Saudi Arabia. Patients with this infection have presented with serious respiratory disease and have required hospitalization.1,2 However, there have been case reports of less severe disease within family3,4 and hospital2 clusters, and the clinical spectrum of {MERS-CoV} infections may extend to asymptomatic and subclinical cases. Therefore, the epidemiologic and clinical characteristics of this infection need further definition. The patterns of the spread of {MERs-CoV} among family3,4 or hospital2 clusters suggest that . . .