Middle East Respiratory Syndrome in 3 Persons, South Korea, 2015

Abstract

In May 2015, Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus infection was laboratory confirmed in South Korea. Patients were a man who had visited the Middle East, his wife, and a man who shared a hospital room with the index patient. Rapid laboratory confirmation will facilitate subsequent prevention and control for imported cases.

Keywords

• Middle East respiratory syndrome
• MERS
• MERS-CoV
• South Korea
• viruses
• respiratory infections