title: Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infections in two returning travellers in the Netherlands, May 2014.
abstract: Two patients, returning to the Netherlands from pilgrimage in Medina and Mecca, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, were diagnosed with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection in May 2014. The source and mode of transmission have not yet been determined. Hospital-acquired infection and community-acquired infection are both possible.
authors.affiliation: National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) National Coordination Centre for Communicable Disease Control, Bilthoven, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kraaij-Dirkzwager
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Timen
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Dirksen
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gelinck
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Leyten
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Groeneveld
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jansen
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jonges
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Raj
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Thurkow
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: van Gageldonk-Lafeber
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: van der Eijk
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Koopmans
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017934:Coronavirus / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D018352:Coronavirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000635:transmission / Q000821:virology; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000635:transmission / Q000821:virology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008877:Middle East; D009426:Netherlands; D060888:Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000821:virology; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012529:Saudi Arabia; D013577:Syndrome; D014195:Travel