Mortality Risk Factors for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Outbreak, South Korea, 2015.
As of July 15, 2015, the South Korean Ministry of Health and Welfare had reported 186 case-patients with Middle East respiratory syndrome in South Korea. For 159 case-patients with known outcomes and complete case histories, we found that older age and preexisting concurrent health conditions were risk factors for death.
Maimuna S
MS
Majumder
Sheryl A
SA
Kluberg
Sumiko R
SR
Mekaru
John S
JS
Brownstein
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D018352:Coronavirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality* / Q000635:transmission; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011634:Public Health / Q000639:trends*; D056910:Republic of Korea / Q000453:epidemiology; D012307:Risk Factors
MERS; MERS coronavirus; Middle East respiratory syndrome; South Korea; disease outbreak; infections; mortality risk factors; viruses