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Volume 25, Number 10—October 2019
Synopsis

Transmissibility of MERS-CoV Infection in Closed Setting, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2015

Maria D. Van Kerkhove1Comments to Author , Sadoof Alaswad, Abdullah Assiri, Ranawaka A.P.M. Perera, Malik Peiris, Hassan E. El Bushra, and Abdulaziz A. BinSaeed2
Author affiliations: Institut Pasteur, Paris, France (M.D. Van Kerkhove); Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (S. Alaswad, A. Assiri, H.E. El Bushra, A.A. BinSaeed); Jubail General Hospital, Riyadh (S. Alaswad); The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China (R.A.P.M. Perera, M. Peiris); HKU-Pasteur Research Pole, Hong Kong (M. Peiris)

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Table 1

Demographic characteristics of patients with and without MERS-CoV infection, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2015*

Characteristics All participants, 
no. (%), n = 828 Case-patients, 
no. (%), n = 19† Non–case-patients, no. (%), n = 809
Sex
F 814/814 (100)‡ 19/19 (100)‡ 795/795 (100)‡
M
 0
 0
 0
Nationality 779 19 760
Filipino 659 (84.6) 19 (100) 640 (84.2)
Sri Lankan 50 (6.4) 0 50 (6.6)
Nepali 12 (1.5) 0 12 (1.6)
Bangladeshi 28 (3.6) 0 28 (3.7)
Indonesian 22 (2.8) 0 22 (2.9)
Indian
 8 (1.0)
 0
 8 (1.0)
Highest level of education reached 779 19 761
Primary school 80 (10.3) 1 (5.3) 79 (10.4)
High school 377 (48.4) 10 (52.6) 368 (48.4)
University/diploma 234 (30.0) 4 (21.1) 230 (30.3)
Postgraduate degree 77 (9.9) 4 (21.1) 73 (9.6)
No education
 11 (1.4)
 0
 11 (1.4)
Primary occupation 770 19 751
Women-only university 378(49.1) 17 (89.5) 361 (48.1)
Public university 12 (1.6) 0 12(1.6)
Hospital A 32 (4.2) 0 32 (4.3)
Hospital B 238 (30.9) 2 (10.5) 236 (31.4)
Hospital C 54 (7.0) 0 54 (7.2)
Hospital D
 56 (7.3)
 0
 56 (7.5)
Secondary occupation 83/805 (10.3) 3 (15.8) 80 (10.7)
Hospital A NA 2 (10.5) 17 (2.3)
Hospital D NA 1 (5.3) 10 (1.3)
Other (health club)
 NA
 0
 53 (7.0)
Any underlying medical conditions 49/780 (6.3) 1 (5.0) 48/761 (6.3)
Regularly smoke (% daily) 10/773 (1.3) 1/19 (5.6) 9/755 (1.2)
Current chronic conditions§ 49/780 (6.3) 1/19 (5.3) 48/761 (6.3)

*Median age (interquartile range): for all, 35.1 (26.6–41.3) years; for case-patients, 29.8 (28–37.2) years; for non–case-patients, 35.2 (29.6–41.4) years. CoV, coronavirus; MERS, Middle East respiratory syndrome; NA, not applicable.
†Molecular or serologic evidence of MERS-CoV infection.
‡Denominator indicates the number of women who answered the question.
§Included asthma, diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, and breast cancer.

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1Current affiliation: World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.

2Current affiliation: King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

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