Mortality Risk Factors for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Outbreak, South Korea, 2015
Open Access
- 1 November 2015
- journal article
- Published by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 21 (11) , 2088-2090
- https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2111.151231
Abstract
As of July 15, 2015, the South Korean Ministry of Health and Welfare had reported 186 case-patients with Middle East respiratory syndrome in South Korea. For 159 case-patients with known outcomes and complete case histories, we found that older age and preexisting concurrent health conditions were risk factors for death.Keywords
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