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Volume 26, Number 7—July 2020

Dispatch

Surveillance and Testing for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus, Saudi Arabia, March 2016–March 2019

Abdullah Alzahrani, Stephanie A. Kujawski, Glen R. AbediComments to Author , Safaa Tunkar, Holly M. Biggs, Nada Alghawi, Hani Jokhdar, Abdullah M. Assiri, and John T. Watson
Author affiliations: Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (A. Alzahrani, S. Tunkar, N. Alghawi, H. Jokhdar, A.M. Assiri); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA (S.A. Kujawski, G.R. Abedi, H.M. Biggs, J.T. Watson)

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Table 2

Demographic characteristics of persons with suspected and confirmed MERS-CoV infection, Health Electronic Surveillance Network, Saudi Arabia, March 1, 2016–March 20, 2019*

Characteristic
 Total
 Confirmed
 Not confirmed
 % Positive (confirmed)
Overall
 200,936
 698 (0.3)
 200,238 (99.7)
 0.3
Age, y, median (IQR)
 47 (28–67)
 54 (40–65)
 47 (28–67)
Age group, y
0–14 17,455 (8.7) 3 (0.4) 17,452 (8.8) 0.02
15–34 54,483 (27.3) 121 (18.0) 54,362 (27.3) 0.2
35–49 33,993 (17.0) 164 (24.3) 33,829 (17.0) 0.5
50–65 41,283 (20.7) 228 (33.8) 41,055 (20.6) 0.6
>65 52,400 (26.3) 158 (23.4) 52,242 (26.3) 0.3
Total 199,614 674 198,940
Missing
 1,322 (0.7)
 24 (3.4)
 1,298 (0.6)
Sex
M 108,940 (54.3) 517 (74.1) 108,423 (54.2) 0.5
F 91,822 (45.7) 181 (25.9) 91,641 (45.8) 0.2
Total 200,762 698 200,064
Missing
 174 (0.09)
 0
 174 (0.09)
Nationality
Saudi 146,254 (72.8) 501 (71.8) 145,753 (72.8) 0.3
Non-Saudi 54,682 (27.2) 197 (28.2) 54,485 (27.2) 0.4
Total 200,936 698 200,238
Missing
 0
 0
 0
Healthcare personnel
Yes 9,289 (5.6) 67 (11.2) 9,222 (5.6) 0.7
No 155,825 (94.4) 531 (88.8) 155,294 (94.4) 0.3
Total 165,114 598 164,516
Missing 35,822 (17.8) 100 (14.3) 35,722 (17.8)

*Values are no. (%) unless indicated. IQR, interquartile range; MERS-CoV, Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus.

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