Waterpipe smoking as a public health risk: Potential risk for transmission of MERS-CoV

The Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV) emerged in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 2012 causing a critical challenge to public health. The epidemiology of MERS-CoV remain enigmatic as human-to-human transmission is not fully understood. One possible scenario that might play a role in the viru...

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Main Authors: Abdulaziz N. Alagaili, Thomas Briese, Nabil M.S. Amor, Osama B. Mohammed, W. Ian Lipkin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-07-01
Series:Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1319562X18301177