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Increase in Middle East Respiratory Syndrome-Coronavirus Cases in Saudi Arabia Linked to Hospital Outbreak With Continued Circulation of Recombinant Virus, July 1-August 31, 2015.

ABSTRACT: During July-August 2015, the number of cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) reported from Saudi Arabia increased dramatically. We reviewed the 143 confirmed cases from this period and classified each based upon likely transmission source. We found that the surge in cases resulted predominantly (90%) from secondary transmission largely attributable to an outbreak at a single healthcare facility in Riyadh. Genome sequencing of MERS coronavirus from 6 cases demonstrated continued circulation of the recently described recombinant virus. A single unique frameshift deletion in open reading frame 5 was detected in the viral sequence from 1 case.

SUBMITTER: Assiri AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5047409 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Increase in Middle East Respiratory Syndrome-Coronavirus Cases in Saudi Arabia Linked to Hospital Outbreak With Continued Circulation of Recombinant Virus, July 1-August 31, 2015.

Assiri Abdullah M AM   Biggs Holly M HM   Abedi Glen R GR   Lu Xiaoyan X   Bin Saeed Abdulaziz A   Abdalla Osman O   Mohammed Mutaz M   Al-Abdely Hail M HM   Algarni Homoud S HS   Alhakeem Raafat F RF   Almasri Malak M MM   Alsharef Ali A AA   Nooh Randa R   Erdman Dean D DD   Gerber Susan I SI   Watson John T JT  

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During July-August 2015, the number of cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) reported from Saudi Arabia increased dramatically. We reviewed the 143 confirmed cases from this period and classified each based upon likely transmission source. We found that the surge in cases resulted predominantly (90%) from secondary transmission largely attributable to an outbreak at a single healthcare facility in Riyadh. Genome sequencing of MERS coronavirus from 6 cases demonstrated continued circul  ...[more]

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