title: First cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infections in France, investigations and implications for the prevention of human-to-human transmission, France, May 2013.
abstract: In May 2013, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection was diagnosed in an adult male in France with severe respiratory illness, who had travelled to the United Arab Emirates before symptom onset. Contact tracing identified a secondary case in a patient hospitalised in the same hospital room. No other cases of MERS-CoV infection were identified among the index case’s 123 contacts, nor among 39 contacts of the secondary case, during the 10-day follow-up period.
authors.affiliation: Institut de veille sanitaire (InVS), Saint Maurice, France. a.mailles@invs.sante.fr
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authors.lastname: Mailles
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authors.lastname: Blanckaert
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authors.lastname: Chaud
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authors.lastname: van der Werf
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authors.lastname: Lina
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authors.lastname: Caro
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authors.lastname: Campese
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authors.lastname: Guéry
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authors.lastname: Prouvost
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authors.lastname: Lemaire
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authors.lastname: Paty
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authors.lastname: Haeghebaert
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authors.lastname: Antoine
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authors.lastname: Ettahar
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authors.lastname: Noel
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authors.lastname: Behillil
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authors.lastname: Hendricx
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authors.lastname: Manuguerra
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authors.lastname: Enouf
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authors.lastname: La Ruche
authors.forename: Caroline
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authors.lastname: Semaille
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authors.lastname: Coignard
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authors.lastname: Lévy-Bruhl
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authors.lastname: Weber
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mesh_terms: D016358:Contact Tracing; D017934:Coronavirus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D018352:Coronavirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission; D018562:Disease Transmission, Infectious / Q000517:prevention & control; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014195:Travel; D014479:United Arab Emirates