作者: Gerardo Chowell , Fatima Abdirizak , Sunmi Lee , Jonggul Lee , Eunok Jung
DOI: 10.1186/S12916-015-0450-0
关键词: Transmission (medicine) 、 Coronavirus Infections 、 Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus 、 Coronavirus 、 Virology 、 Outbreak 、 Medicine 、 Cross infection 、 Transmission potential 、 Middle East respiratory syndrome
摘要: The Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) coronavirus has caused recurrent outbreaks in the Arabian Peninsula since 2012. Although MERS has low overall human-to-human transmission potential, there is occasional amplification in the healthcare setting, a pattern reminiscent of the dynamics of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreaks in 2003. Here we provide a head-to-head comparison of exposure patterns and transmission dynamics of large hospital clusters of MERS and SARS, including the most recent South …