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MERS- CoV : example of family cluster

MERS- CoV : example of family cluster. Republic of Lebanon Ministry of Public Health Epidemiological Surveillance Program May 2014. Source. Family Cluster of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Infections

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MERS- CoV : example of family cluster

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  1. MERS-CoV: example of family cluster Republic of Lebanon Ministry of Public Health Epidemiological Surveillance Program May 2014

  2. Source • Family Cluster of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Infections • Z. Memish, A. Zumla, R. F. Al-Hakeem, A. A. Al-Rabeeah, and G. M. Stephens • n engl j med 368;26 nejm.org june 27, 2013

  3. Summary • Description of a family cluster of MERS-CoVinfection: three young men who became ill with MERS-CoVinfection after the hospitalization of an elderly male relative, who died of the disease. • Twenty-four other family members living in the same household and 124 attending staff members at the hospitals did not become ill. • MERS-CoV infection may cause a spectrum of clinical illness.

  4. Patient 1

  5. Patient 2 Source: Family Cluster of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Infections. Ziad A. Memish, M.D., Alimuddin I. Zumla, M.D., Ph.D., Rafat F. Al-Hakeem, M.D., Abdullah A. Al-Rabeeah, M.D., and Gwen M. Stephens. n engl j med 368;26 nejm.org june 27, 2013

  6. Patient 3

  7. Patient 4

  8. Family level of contact

  9. Chain of transmission Patient 1 Patient 2 Patient 4 Patient 3

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