Transmission of MERS-Coronavirus in Household Contacts

Abstract

The rate of secondary transmission among household contacts of patients with MERS-CoV infection has been approximately 5%. Our data provide insight into the rate of subclinical transmission of MERS-CoV in the home.

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Subclinical infectionSerologyTransmission (telecommunications)VirologyMedicineCoronavirusNeutralizationIndex caseVirusConfidence intervalReverse transcriptaseMiddle East respiratory syndrome coronavirusAntibodyImmunologyPolymerase chain reactionBiologyCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Internal medicineInfectious disease (medical specialty)OutbreakDisease

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Year: 2014
Type: article
Volume: 371
Issue: 9
Pages: 828-835
Citations: 408
Access: Closed

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                                    Christian Drosten, 
                                
                                    Benjamin Meyer, 
                                
                                    Marcel A. Müller
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2014). 
                            Transmission of MERS-Coronavirus in Household Contacts. 
                            New England Journal of Medicine
                            , 371
                            (9)
                            , 828-835.
                            https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa1405858
                        

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DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa1405858