title: Serologic Evaluation of MERS Screening Strategy for Healthcare Personnel During a Hospital-Associated Outbreak.
abstract: To evaluate the appropriateness of the screening strategy for healthcare personnel (HCP) during a hospital-associated Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) outbreak, we performed a serologic investigation in 189 rRT-PCR-negative HCP exposed and assigned to MERS patients. Although 20%-25% of HCP experienced MERS-like symptoms, none of them showed seroconversion by plaque reduction neutralization test (PRNT). Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2017;38:234-238.
authors.affiliation: 1Division of Infectious Diseases,Department of Medicine,Samsung Medical Center,Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine,Seoul 135-710,Korea.
authors.forename: Jae-Hoon
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Ko
authors.affiliation: 1Division of Infectious Diseases,Department of Medicine,Samsung Medical Center,Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine,Seoul 135-710,Korea.
authors.forename: Ji Yeon
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: 2Asia Pacific Foundation for Infectious Diseases (APFID),Seoul,Korea.
authors.forename: Jin Yang
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Baek
authors.affiliation: 1Division of Infectious Diseases,Department of Medicine,Samsung Medical Center,Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine,Seoul 135-710,Korea.
authors.forename: Hyeri
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Seok
authors.affiliation: 1Division of Infectious Diseases,Department of Medicine,Samsung Medical Center,Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine,Seoul 135-710,Korea.
authors.forename: Ga Eun
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: 1Division of Infectious Diseases,Department of Medicine,Samsung Medical Center,Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine,Seoul 135-710,Korea.
authors.forename: Ji Yong
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: 1Division of Infectious Diseases,Department of Medicine,Samsung Medical Center,Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine,Seoul 135-710,Korea.
authors.forename: Sun Young
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.affiliation: 1Division of Infectious Diseases,Department of Medicine,Samsung Medical Center,Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine,Seoul 135-710,Korea.
authors.forename: Young Eun
authors.initials: YE
authors.lastname: Ha
authors.affiliation: 1Division of Infectious Diseases,Department of Medicine,Samsung Medical Center,Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine,Seoul 135-710,Korea.
authors.forename: Cheol-In
authors.initials: CI
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.affiliation: 3Division of Infectious Diseases,Department of Pediatrics,Samsung Medical Center,Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine,Seoul,Korea.
authors.forename: Ji-Man
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.affiliation: 3Division of Infectious Diseases,Department of Pediatrics,Samsung Medical Center,Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine,Seoul,Korea.
authors.forename: Yae-Jean
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: 4Department of Laboratory Medicine and Genetics,Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine,Seoul,Korea.
authors.forename: Eun-Suk
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.affiliation: 2Asia Pacific Foundation for Infectious Diseases (APFID),Seoul,Korea.
authors.forename: So Hyun
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: 5Department of Emergency Medicine, Samsung Medical Center,Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine,Seoul,Korea.
authors.forename: Ik Joon
authors.initials: IJ
authors.lastname: Jo
authors.affiliation: 6Department of Critical Care Medicine,Samsung Medical Center,Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine,Seoul,Korea.
authors.forename: Chi Ryang
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.affiliation: 7Department of Molecular Cell Biology,Center for Molecular Medicine,Samsung Biomedical Research Institute,Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine,Suwon,Korea.
authors.forename: Myong-Joon
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Hahn
authors.affiliation: 8Institute of Virology,University of Bonn Medical Centre,Bonn,Germany.
authors.forename: Marcel A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Müller
authors.affiliation: 8Institute of Virology,University of Bonn Medical Centre,Bonn,Germany.
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Drosten
authors.affiliation: 1Division of Infectious Diseases,Department of Medicine,Samsung Medical Center,Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine,Seoul 135-710,Korea.
authors.forename: Doo Ryeon
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.affiliation: 1Division of Infectious Diseases,Department of Medicine,Samsung Medical Center,Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine,Seoul 135-710,Korea.
authors.forename: Jae-Hoon
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Song
authors.affiliation: 1Division of Infectious Diseases,Department of Medicine,Samsung Medical Center,Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine,Seoul 135-710,Korea.
authors.forename: Kyong Ran
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Peck
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018352:Coronavirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D065207:Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D056910:Republic of Korea / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult