Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infections in two returning travellers in the Netherlands, May 2014
Open Access
- 29 May 2014
- journal article
- case report
- Published by European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC) in Eurosurveillance
- Vol. 19 (21) , 20817
- https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.es2014.19.21.20817
Abstract
Two patients, returning to the Netherlands from pilgrimage in Medina and Mecca, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, were diagnosed with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection in May 2014. The source and mode of transmission have not yet been determined. Hospital-acquired infection and community-acquired infection are both possible.Keywords
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