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ArticleEmerging infectious diseases2019

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 and 9 more

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Article in Emerging infectious diseases, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

19 authors.

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

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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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Middle East Respiratory Syndrome CoronavirusAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overChildCoronavirus InfectionsDisease OutbreaksFemaleGenome, ViralGenomicsHistory, 21st CenturyHumansMaleMiddle AgedPhylogenycoronavirus infectionsMERSMERS-CoVMiddle East respiratory syndromerespiratory virusesSaudi Arabiaviruses

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PMID31430248
PMCPMC6810214

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