title: Investigation of an imported case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection in Florence, Italy, May to June 2013.
abstract: On 31 May 2013, the first case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection in Italy was laboratory confirmed in a previously healthy adult man, who developed pneumonia with moderate respiratory distress after returning from a holiday in Jordan. Two secondary cases were identified through contact tracing, among family members and colleagues who had not previously travelled abroad. Both secondary cases developed mild illness. All three patients recovered fully.
authors.affiliation: National Influenza Centre, Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immune-mediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore Sanita, Rome, Italy. simona.puzelli@iss.it
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Puzelli
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Azzi
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Santini
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Di Martino
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Facchini
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Castrucci
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Meola
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Arvia
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Corcioli
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pierucci
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Baretti
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bartoloni
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bartolozzi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: de Martino
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Galli
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Pompa
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authors.lastname: Rezza
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authors.lastname: Balocchini
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authors.lastname: Donatelli
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016358:Contact Tracing; D017934:Coronavirus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D018352:Coronavirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000635:transmission / Q000821:virology; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007558:Italy; D007597:Jordan; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011024:Pneumonia, Viral / Q000635:transmission / Q000821:virology*; D060888:Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction; D013577:Syndrome; D014195:Travel
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral