Cluster of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus infections in Iran, 2014

Emerg Infect Dis. 2015 Feb;21(2):362-4. doi: 10.3201/eid2102.141405.

Abstract

During January 2013-August 2014, a total of 1,800 patients in Iran who had respiratory illness were tested for Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus. A cluster of 5 cases occurred in Kerman Province during May-July 2014, but virus transmission routes for some infections were unclear.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Historical Article
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Coronavirus Infections / diagnosis*
  • Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology
  • Coronavirus Infections / history
  • Coronavirus Infections / virology*
  • Female
  • Genes, Viral
  • History, 21st Century
  • Humans
  • Iran / epidemiology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus / classification
  • Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus / genetics*
  • Phylogeny
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA