ReviewLancet (London, England)2015
Middle East respiratory syndrome.
Review in Lancet (London, England), 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02605109 (Analysis of Human to Human Transmission of Middle East Respiratory Syndrom Coronavirus), which is not on this map. Cited by 675 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Analysis of Human to Human Transmission of Middle East Respiratory Syndrom Coronavirus (MER-CoV) and Infection Control Experiences in a Medical Institution of South Korea
Who cites it
675 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Practice Level and Associated Factors Towards the Preventive Measures of COVID-19 Among the General Population; A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2022Pooled it
- Central COVID-19 Coordination Centers in Germany: Description, Economic Evaluation, and Systematic Review.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2021Pooled it
- Training and education of healthcare workers during viral epidemics: a systematic review.BMJ open · 2021Pooled it
- The Efficacy of Computerized Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms in Patients With COVID-19: Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2021Trial
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- Reconstructing the early spatial spread of pandemic respiratory viruses in the United States.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2025Article
615 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) is a highly lethal respiratory disease caused by a novel single-stranded, positive-sense RNA betacoronavirus (MERS-CoV). Dromedary camels, hosts for MERS-CoV, are implicated in direct or indirect transmission to human beings, although the exact mode of transmission is unknown. The virus was first isolated from a patient who died from a severe respiratory illness in June, 2012, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. As of May 31, 2015, 1180 laboratory-confirmed cases (483 deaths; 40% mortality) have been reported to WHO. Both community-acquired and hospital-acquired cases have been reported with little human-to-human transmission reported in the community. Although most cases of MERS have occurred in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, cases have been reported in Europe, the USA, and Asia in people who travelled from the Middle East or their contacts. Clinical features of MERS range from asymptomatic or mild disease to acute respiratory distress syndrome and multiorgan failure resulting in death, especially in individuals with underlying comorbidities. No specific drug treatment exists for MERS and infection prevention and control measures are crucial to prevent spread in health-care facilities. MERS-CoV continues to be an endemic, low-level public health threat. However, the virus could mutate to have increased interhuman transmissibility, increasing its pandemic potential.
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