title: Epidemiological investigation of MERS-CoV spread in a single hospital in South Korea, May to June 2015.
abstract: In this report, we describe 37 MERS-CoV infection cases (1 primary, 25 secondary, 11 tertiary cases) in a single hospital in South Korea. The median incubation period was six days (95% CI: 4–7 days) and the duration between suspected symptom onset and laboratory confirmation was 6.5 days (95% CI: 4–9). While incubation period was two days longer, the duration from suspected symptom onset to confirmation was shorter in tertiary compared with secondary infections.
authors.affiliation: Gyeonggi Infectious Disease Control Center, Seongnam, Gyeonggi, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: H Y
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Y W
authors.initials: YW
authors.lastname: Ryu
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Yi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016358:Contact Tracing; D017934:Coronavirus / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D018352:Coronavirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission / Q000821:virology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D053208:Kaplan-Meier Estimate; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D065207:Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D011159:Population Surveillance; D060888:Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction; D056910:Republic of Korea / Q000453:epidemiology