title: Contact Tracing for Imported Case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, China, 2015.
abstract: Confirmation of an imported case of infection with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus in China triggered intensive contact tracing and mandatory monitoring. Using a hotline and surveillance video footage was effective for tracing all 110 identified contacts. Contact monitoring detected no secondary transmission of infection in China.
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Tie
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Haojie
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhong
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hou
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jiansen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Jianfeng
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Jinyan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Yonghhui
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D000076263:Communicable Diseases, Imported / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000266:history / Q000635:transmission / Q000821:virology; D016358:Contact Tracing / Q000379:methods; D018352:Coronavirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000266:history / Q000635:transmission / Q000821:virology; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D065207:Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods; D013997:Time Factors; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: China; MERS; MERS-CoV; Middle East respiratory syndrome; contract tracing; coronavirus; respiratory infections; viruses