Mortality Risk Factors for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Outbreak, South Korea, 2015

As of July 15, 2015, the South Korean Ministry of Health and Welfare had reported 186 case-patients with Middle East respiratory syndrome in South Korea. For 159 case-patients with known outcomes and complete case histories, we found that older age and preexisting concurrent health conditions were r...

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Main Authors: Maimuna S. Majumder, Sheryl A. Kluberg, Sumiko R. Mekaru, John S. Brownstein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2015-11-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/21/11/15-1231_article