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Taking stock of the first 133 MERS coronavirus cases globally – Is the epidemic changing?

Published:2013-09-26 Issue:39 Volume:18 Page:
ISSN:1560-7917
Container-title:Eurosurveillance
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Author:

Penttinen P M¹,Kaasik-Aaslav K¹,Friaux A¹,Donachie A¹,Sudre B¹,Amato-Gauci A J¹,Memish Z A²³,Coulombier D¹

Affiliation:

1. European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden

2. Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

3. Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Abstract

Since June 2012, 133 Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) cases have been identified in nine countries. Two time periods in 2013 were compared to identify changes in the epidemiology. The case-fatality risk (CFR) is 45% and is decreasing. Men have a higher CFR (52%) and are over-represented among cases. Thirteen out of 14 known primary cases died. The sex-ratio is more balanced in the latter period. Nosocomial transmission was implied in 26% of the cases.

Publisher

European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC)

Subject

Virology,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health,Epidemiology

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