MERS-CoV infection among healthcare workers and risk factors for death: Retrospective analysis of all laboratory-confirmed cases reported to WHO from 2012 to 2 June 2018

• Main Authors: Amgad A. Elkholy (Author), Rebecca Grant (Author), Abdullah Assiri (Author), Mohamed Elhakim (Author), Mamunur R. Malik (Author), Maria D. Van Kerkhove (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2020-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Approximately half of the reported laboratory-confirmed infections of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) have occurred in healthcare settings, and healthcare workers constitute over one third of all secondary infections. This study aimed to describe secondary cases o...