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Title: Lack of detection of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus in mild and severe respiratory infections in Catalonia, northeastern Spain
Author: Martínez Yoldi, Miguel Julián
Marcos, Ma. Angeles
Gonzalo, Verónica
Zboromyrska, Yuliya
Isanta, Ricard
Torner Gràcia, Núria
Martínez, Ana
Jané, Mireia
Mateu, A.
Vila Estapé, Jordi
Keywords: Malalties de l'aparell respiratori
Malalties víriques
Estudi de casos
Salut pública
Catalunya
Respiratory organs diseases
Virus diseases
Case studies
Public health
Catalonia
Issue Date: 28-Jan-2014
Publisher: European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
Abstract: Surveillance of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) was conducted to explore the possible introduction and circulation of this novel virus in Catalonia, northeastern Spain. Five hundred and sixty-three samples from mild and severe respiratory infections collected between January 2012 and April 2013 were screened using real-time RT-PCR. All samples were negative, suggesting that MERS-CoV is not circulating silently in Catalonia.
Note: Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1002/2052-2975.34
It is part of: New Microbes and New Infections, 2014, vol. 2, num. 1, p. 27-28
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2445/121815
Related resource: https://doi.org/10.1002/2052-2975.34
ISSN: 2052-2975
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