Middle East Respiratory Syndrome in 3 Persons, South Korea, 2015
Jeong-Sun Yang, SungHan Park, You-Jin Kim, Hae Ji Kang, Hak Kim, Young Woo Han, Han Saem Lee, Dae-Won Kim, A-Reum Kim, Deok Rim Heo, Joo Ae Kim, Su Jin Kim, Jeong-Gu Nam, Hee-Dong Jung, Hyang-Min Cheong, Kisoon Kim, Joo-Shil Lee, Sung Soon Kim, Jeong-Sun Yang, SungHan Park, You-Jin Kim, Hae Ji Kang, Hak Kim, Young Woo Han, Han Saem Lee, Dae-Won Kim, A-Reum Kim, Deok Rim Heo, Joo Ae Kim, Su Jin Kim, Jeong-Gu Nam, Hee-Dong Jung, Hyang-Min Cheong, Kisoon Kim, Joo-Shil Lee, Sung Soon Kim
Abstract
In May 2015, Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus infection was laboratory confirmed in South Korea. Patients were a man who had visited the Middle East, his wife, and a man who shared a hospital room with the index patient. Rapid laboratory confirmation will facilitate subsequent prevention and control for imported cases.
Keywords: MERS; MERS-CoV; Middle East respiratory syndrome; South Korea; respiratory infections; viruses.
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