Infection of Healthcare Workers: Identifying Potential Transmission Pathways of MERS-CoV in Saudi Arabia Hospitals

An outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) among healthcare workers in Saudi Arabia in 2012 led to an investigation of hand-hygiene behaviors among healthcare professionals. Direct contact with patients is a major pathway for MERS, a droplet virus, which refers to a virus that lays on su...

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Main Author: Alshammari, Modhi Ali S.
Other Authors: O'Rourke, Mary Kay
Language:en_US
Published: The University of Arizona. 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/613560
http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/613560