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Volume 22, Number 1—January 2016
Research

Multifacility Outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome in Taif, Saudi Arabia

Abdullah M. Assiri, Glen R. AbediComments to Author , Abdulaziz A. Bin Saeed, Mutwakil A. Abdalla, Malak al-Masry, Abdul Jamil Choudhry, Xiaoyan Lu, Dean D. Erdman, Kathleen Tatti, Alison M. Binder, Jessica M. Rudd, Jerome I. Tokars, Congrong Miao, Hussain Alarbash, Randa Nooh, Mark A. Pallansch, Susan I. Gerber, and John T. Watson
Author affiliations: Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (A. Assiri, A.A. Bin Saeed, M. al-Masry); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (G.R. Abedi, X. Lu, D.D. Erdman, K. Tatti, A.M. Binder, J. Rudd, J. Tokars, C. Miao, M. Pallansch, S.I. Gerber, J.T. Watson); Taif Governorate Health Directorate, Taif, Saudi Arabia (M.A. Abdalla); Field Epidemiology Training Program, Ministry of Health, Riyadh (A.J. Choudhry, H. Alarbash, R. Nooh)

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Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) case-patients reported in Taif, Saudi Arabia, during September 2014–January 2015. Indicated are time of symptom onset or first positive laboratory testing. Healthcare setting where transmission likely occurred is shown by color. Circles indicate healthcare personnel (HCP), squares non-HCP; black outlines indicate that patient died. Asterisks (*) indicate that sequencing was performed on the patient’s serum sample.

Figure 1. Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) case-patients reported in Taif, Saudi Arabia, during September 2014–January 2015. Indicated are time of symptom onset or first positive laboratory testing. Healthcare setting where transmission likely occurred is shown by color. Circles indicate healthcare personnel (HCP), squares non-HCP; black outlines indicate that patient died. Asterisks (*) indicate that sequencing was performed on the patient’s serum sample.

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