Epidemiological investigation of MERS-CoV spread in a single hospital in South Korea, May to June 2015*

Park, H Y; Lee, E J; Ryu, Ye-Bin; Kim, Y; Kim, H; Lee, H; Yi, Seonju

doi:10.2807/1560-7917.es2015.20.25.21169

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“…In the recent outbreak in South Korea, substantial transmission was reported in health care facilities. 98,99 For example, a hospital reported a single primary case, 25 secondary cases, and 11 tertiary cases. 98 HCP have been at high risk of acquiring MERS.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Emerging infectious diseases: Focus on infection control issues for novel coronaviruses (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-CoV and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome-CoV), hemorrhagic fever viruses (Lassa and Ebola), and highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses, A(H5N1) and A(H7N9)

Weber

Rutala

Fischer

et al. 2016

American Journal of Infection Control

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Over the past several decades, we have witnessed the emergence of many new infectious agents, some of which are major public threats. New and emerging infectious diseases which are both transmissible from patient-to-patient and virulent with a high mortality include novel coronaviruses (SARS-CoV, MERS-CV), hemorrhagic fever viruses (Lassa, Ebola), and highly pathogenic avian influenza A viruses, A(H5N1) and A(H7N9). All healthcare facilities need to have policies and plans in place for early identification of patients with a highly communicable diseases which are highly virulent, ability to immediately isolate such patients, and provide proper management (e.g., training and availability of personal protective equipment) to prevent transmission to healthcare personnel, other patients and visitors to the healthcare facility.

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Section: Infection Control Issuesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…98,99 For example, a hospital reported a single primary case, 25 secondary cases, and 11 tertiary cases. 98 HCP have been at high risk of acquiring MERS. Al-Tawfiq and Perl reported that of 952 cases reported in Saudi Arabia (June 2012-September 2014), approximately 27% were HCP.…”

Section: Infection Control Issuesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Emerging infectious diseases: Focus on infection control issues for novel coronaviruses (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-CoV and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome-CoV), hemorrhagic fever viruses (Lassa and Ebola), and highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses, A(H5N1) and A(H7N9)

Weber

Rutala

Fischer

et al. 2016

American Journal of Infection Control

108

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“…While the assumption may be common among modelling studies, it did not allow us to account for the variable type and effectiveness of interventions, especially at later generations of cases in each cluster. Secondly, MERS outbreaks have frequently been amplified in healthcare settings [6,19,20], but we limited ourselves to accounting for individual heterogeneity in a general sense. An improvement on this point was difficult, because MERS outbreaks have been seen mostly in healthcare settings without large-scale community transmission.…”

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Assessing the risk of observing multiple generations of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) cases given an imported case

et al. 2015

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“…A worth mentioning example, is the MERS-CoV outbreak of South Korea, when a single patient managed to infect more than 70 other individuals while being cared for in an emergency room for three days, representing a clear role of a -superspreader‖. 28 Spread of the virus highly presumed to be thru droplet and close contact of an infected MERS-CoV individual. To witch, the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) urged the use appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) to prevent the transmission among both patients and healthcare providers.79Other potential ways of MERS-CoV spread have been suggested through air borne transmission and/or fomite transmission.…”

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Emerging infectious diseases: MERS-COV, the new Betacoronavirus pandemic

Alaenazi¹,

Algarni

Alqahtani

et al. 2018

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Both the recent MERS-CoV and the past SARS-CoV indicate that new pathogens would probably emerge. Because it is not possible to predict when or where a new epidemic would occur, this continues to be a challenging issue for physicians and healthcare organizations. Furthermore, there are prophylactic vaccines or effective treatment for these infections and little is known about the origin and the zoonotic transmission of MERS-CoV which hinders the progress of its spread to humans. MERS-CoV is highly pathogenic, exhibiting high fatality rate than the former human corona virus SARS and can obviously be transmitted through several routes, with higher incidence in compromised healthcare settings. Currently, efforts to manage MERS-CoV spared should be directed towards developing educational programs, targeting the public and more importantly health care providers. For one major concern, this infection has and still could pose potential to spread rapidly across the globe, especially during religious mass gathering originating from a MERS-CoV hot spot (i.e., Hajj). Continued epidemiologic surveillance and vigilance remains crucial to compact this virus, or any future mutation.

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Epidemiological investigation of MERS-CoV spread in a single hospital in South Korea, May to June 2015*

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Cited by 106 publications

References 3 publications

Emerging infectious diseases: Focus on infection control issues for novel coronaviruses (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-CoV and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome-CoV), hemorrhagic fever viruses (Lassa and Ebola), and highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses, A(H5N1) and A(H7N9)

Emerging infectious diseases: Focus on infection control issues for novel coronaviruses (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-CoV and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome-CoV), hemorrhagic fever viruses (Lassa and Ebola), and highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses, A(H5N1) and A(H7N9)

Assessing the risk of observing multiple generations of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) cases given an imported case

Emerging infectious diseases: MERS-COV, the new Betacoronavirus pandemic

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