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Cluster of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Infections in Iran, 2014 Publisher Pubmed



Yavarian J1 ; Rezaei F2 ; Shadab A1 ; Soroush M2 ; Gooya MM2 ; Azad TM1
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  1. 1. Tehran University of Medical Sciences School of Public Health, Tehran, Iran
  2. 2. Iranian Center for Communicable Disease Control, Tehran, Iran

Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases Published:2015


Abstract

During January 2013–August 2014, a total of 1,800 patients in Iran who had respiratory illness were tested for Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus. A cluster of 5 cases occurred in Kerman Province during May–July 2014, but virus transmission routes for some infections were unclear. © Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). All rights reserved.