Emerging Infectious Diseases (Mar 2016)

Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus during Pregnancy, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 2013

  • Asim Malik,
  • Karim Medhat El Masry,
  • Mini Ravi,
  • Falak Sayed

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2203.151049
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 22, no. 3
pp. 515 – 517

Abstract

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As of June 19, 2015, the World Health Organization had received 1,338 notifications of laboratory-confirmed infection with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV). Little is known about the course of or treatment for MERS-CoV in pregnant women. We report a fatal case of MERS-CoV in a pregnant woman administered combination ribavirin–peginterferon-α therapy.

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