Emerging Infectious Diseases (Nov 2019)

Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus, Saudi Arabia, 2017–2018

  • Ahmed Hakawi,
  • Erica Billig Rose,
  • Holly M. Biggs,
  • Xiaoyan Lu,
  • Mutaz Mohammed,
  • Osman Abdalla,
  • Glen R. Abedi,
  • Ali A. Alsharef,
  • Aref Ali Alamri,
  • Samar Ahmad Bereagesh,
  • Kamel M. Al Dosari,
  • Saad Abdullah Ashehri,
  • Waad Ghassan Fakhouri,
  • Saleh Zaid Alzaid,
  • Stephen Lindstrom,
  • Susan I. Gerber,
  • Abdullah Asiri,
  • Hani Jokhdar,
  • John T. Watson

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2511.190726
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 25, no. 11
pp. 2149 – 2151

Abstract

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We characterized exposures and demographics of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus cases reported to the Saudi Arabia Ministry of Health during July 1–October 31, 2017, and June 1–September 16, 2018. Molecular characterization of available specimens showed that circulating viruses during these periods continued to cluster within lineage 5.

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