Abstract
In this report, we describe 37 MERS-CoV infection cases (1 primary, 25 secondary, 11 tertiary cases) in a single hospital in South Korea. The median incubation period was six days (95% CI: 4–7 days) and the duration between suspected symptom onset and laboratory confirmation was 6.5 days (95% CI: 4–9). While incubation period was two days longer, the duration from suspected symptom onset to confirmation was shorter in tertiary compared with secondary infections.
MeSH terms
- Adult
- Aged
- Contact Tracing
- Coronavirus / genetics*
- Coronavirus / isolation & purification
- Coronavirus Infections / diagnosis
- Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology*
- Cross Infection / diagnosis
- Cross Infection / epidemiology*
- Cross Infection / transmission
- Cross Infection / virology
- Disease Outbreaks*
- Female
- Health Personnel / statistics & numerical data*
- Humans
- Incidence
- Kaplan-Meier Estimate
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus / genetics
- Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus / isolation & purification*
- Population Surveillance
- Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Republic of Korea / epidemiology