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Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infections in two returning travellers in the Netherlands,
M Kraaij-Dirkzwager1, A Timen, K Dirksen
1National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) National Coordination Centre for Communicable Disease Control, Bilthoven, the Netherlands.
Abstract:
Two patients, returning to the Netherlands from pilgrimage in Medina and Mecca, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, were diagnosed with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection in May 2014. The source and mode of transmission have not yet been determined. Hospital-acquired infection and community-acquired infection are both possible.
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