Contact tracing the first Middle East respiratory syndrome case in the Philippines, February 2015

• Main Authors: Sheryl Racelis (Author), Vikki Carr de los Reyes (Author), Ma Nemia Sucaldito (Author), Imelda Deveraturda (Author), John Bobbie Roca (Author), Enrique Tayag (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific, 2015-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) is an illness caused by a coronavirus in which infected persons develop severe acute respiratory illness. A person can be infected through close contacts. This is an outbreak investigation report of the first confirmed MERS case in the Philippines...