Imported case of MERS-CoV infection identified in China, May 2015: detection and lesson learned
Open Access
- 18 June 2015
- journal article
- Published by European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC) in Eurosurveillance
- Vol. 20 (24) , 21158
- https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.es2015.20.24.21158
Abstract
At the end of May 2015, an imported case of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection was confirmed in China. The patient is in a stable condition and is still undergoing treatment. In this report, we summarise the preliminary findings for this imported case and the results of contact tracing. We identified 78 close contacts and after 14 days of monitoring and isolation, none of the contacts presented symptoms and all tested negative for MERS-CoV.Keywords
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