Identify-Isolate-Inform: A Modified Tool for Initial Detection and Management of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Patients in the Emergency Department

Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) is a novel infectious disease caused by a coronavirus (MERS-CoV) first reported in Saudi Arabia in September 2012. MERS later spread to other countries in the Arabian Peninsula, followed by an outbreak in South Korea in 2015. At least 26 countries have repo...

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Main Author: Kristi L. Koenig
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eScholarship Publishing, University of California 2015-10-01
Series:Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
Online Access:http://escholarship.org/uc/item/3k27v8g1