The first clusters of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus in Oman: Time to act

• Main Authors: Salah T. Al Awaidy (Author), Ali Abdullah Al Maqbali (Author), Iyad Omer (Author), Suad Al Mukhaini (Author), Mohammed Ali Al Risi (Author), Majed Sultan Al Maqbali (Author), Ali Al Reesi (Author), Mujahid Al Busaidi (Author), Fatma Hashim Al Hashmi (Author), Talib Khamis Al Maqbali (Author), Vidyanand Vaidya (Author), Elham Said Ahmed Al Risi (Author), Ahmed Abdullah Rashid (Author), Maryam Abdullah Hassan Al Beloshi (Author), Arash Etemadi (Author), Faryal Khamis (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2020-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction: Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), is an emerging infectious disease of growing global importance. This review describes the latest MERS-CoV clusters and the first cases of nosocomial transmission within health care facilities in Oman. We have highlighted lessons...