Estimating the risk of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) death during the course of the outbreak in the Republic of Korea, 2015

Estimating the risk of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) death during the course of the outbreak in the Republic of Korea, 2015

Objectives: A large cluster of the Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) linked to healthcare setting occurred from May to July 2015 in the Republic of Korea. The present study aimed to estimate the case fatality ratio (CFR) by appropriately taking into account the time delay from illness onset to...

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Main Authors: Kenji Mizumoto, Masaya Saitoh, Gerardo Chowell, Yuichiro Miyamatsu, Hiroshi Nishiura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-10-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
MERS
epidemic
case fatality ratio
statistical estimation
Korea
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971215002003

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