Emerging Infectious Diseases (Oct 2016)

Estimation of Severe Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Cases in the Middle East, 2012–2016

  • Justin J. O’Hagan,
  • Cristina Carias,
  • Jessica M. Rudd,
  • Huong T. Pham,
  • Yonat Haber,
  • Nicki Pesik,
  • Martin S. Cetron,
  • Manoj Gambhir,
  • Susan I. Gerber,
  • David L. Swerdlow

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2210.151121
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 22, no. 10
pp. 1797 – 1799

Abstract

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Using data from travelers to 4 countries in the Middle East, we estimated 3,250 (95% CI 1,300–6,600) severe cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome occurred in this region during September 2012–January 2016. This number is 2.3-fold higher than the number of laboratory-confirmed cases recorded in these countries.

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