Taking stock of the first 133 MERS coronavirus cases globally – Is the epidemic changing?
Open Access
- 26 September 2013
- journal article
- Published by European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC) in Eurosurveillance
- Vol. 18 (39) , 20596
- https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.es2013.18.39.20596
Abstract
Since June 2012, 133 Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) cases have been identified in nine countries. Two time periods in 2013 were compared to identify changes in the epidemiology. The case-fatality risk (CFR) is 45% and is decreasing. Men have a higher CFR (52%) and are over-represented among cases. Thirteen out of 14 known primary cases died. The sex-ratio is more balanced in the latter period. Nosocomial transmission was implied in 26% of the cases.Keywords
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