Loading…

First Confirmed Cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS‐CoV) Infection in the United States, Updated Information on the Epidemiology of MERS‐CoV Infection, and Guidance for the Public, Clinicians, and Public Health Authorities—May 2014

This report highlights the first two cases of MERS coronavirus in the United States. Although these patients were not transplant recipients, it is important for transplant professionals to be aware of this infection and to consider it when evaluating patients with respiratory illnesses and travel to...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:American journal of transplantation 2014-07, Vol.14 (7), p.1693-1699
Main Authors: Bialek, Stephanie R., Allen, Donna, Alvarado-Ramy, Francisco, Arthur, Ray, Balajee, Arunmozhi, Bell, David, Best, Susan, Blackmore, Carina, Breakwell, Lucy, Cannons, Andrew, Brown, Clive, Cetron, Martin, Chea, Nora, Chommanard, Christina, Cohen, Nicole, Conover, Craig, Crespo, Antonio, Creviston, Jeanean, Curns, Aaron T., Dahl, Rebecca, Dearth, Stephanie, DeMaria, Alfred, Echols, Fred, Erdman, Dean D., Feikin, Daniel, Frias, Mabel, Gerber, Susan I., Gulati, Reena, Hale, Christa, Haynes, Lia M., Heberlein-Larson, Lea, Holton, Kelly, Ijaz, Kashef, Kapoor, Minal, Kohl, Katrin, Kuhar, David T., Kumar, Alan M., Kundich, Marianne, Lippold, Susan, Liu, Lixia, Lovchik, Judith C., Madoff, Larry, Martell, Sandra, Matthews, Sarah, Moore, Jessica, Murray, Linda R., Onofrey, Shauna, Pallansch, Mark A., Pesik, Nicki, Pham, Huong, Pillai, Satish, Pontones, Pam, Pringle, Kimberly, Pritchard, Scott, Rasmussen, Sonja, Richards, Shawn, Sandoval, Michelle, Schneider, Eileen, Schuchat, Anne, Sheedy, Kristine, Sherin, Kevin, Swerdlow, David L., Tappero, Jordan W., Vernon, Michael O., Watkins, Sharon, Watson, John
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Citations: Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:This report highlights the first two cases of MERS coronavirus in the United States. Although these patients were not transplant recipients, it is important for transplant professionals to be aware of this infection and to consider it when evaluating patients with respiratory illnesses and travel to the Arabian peninsula.
ISSN:1600-6135
1600-6143
DOI:10.1111/ajt.12841