title: Cluster of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus infections in Iran, 2014.
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.
authors.forename: Jila
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yavarian
authors.forename: Farshid
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rezaei
authors.forename: Azadeh
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shadab
authors.forename: Mahmood
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Soroush
authors.forename: Mohammad Mehdi
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Gooya
authors.forename: Talat Mokhtari
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Azad
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D018352:Coronavirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000266:history / Q000821:virology*; D005260:Female; D005814:Genes, Viral; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D065207:Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D010802:Phylogeny; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA