Volume 22, Number 9—September 2016
Dispatch
Contact Tracing for Imported Case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, China, 2015
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Figure. Timeline for imported case of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) coronavirus infection and contact tracing investigation, China, 2015. The case-patient was identified on May 27, 2015, and quarantined beginning in the early morning of May 28, the day contact tracing began. Laboratory testing, which began on May 28, confirmed MERS on May 29, the date of the start of the hotline. WHO, World Health Organization.
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