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- Title
Hospital Outbreaks of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, Daejeon, South Korea, 2015.
- Authors
Jung Wan Park; Keon Joo Lee; Kang Hyoung Lee; Sang Hyup Lee; Jung Rae Cho; Jin Won Mo; Soo Young Choi; Geun Yong Kwon; Ji-Yeon Shin; Jee Young Hong; Jin Kim; Mi-Yeon Yeon; Jong Seok Oh; Hae-Sung Nam; Park, Jung Wan; Lee, Keon Joo; Lee, Kang Hyoung; Lee, Sang Hyup; Cho, Jung Rae; Mo, Jin Won
- Abstract
From May through July 2015, a total of 26 cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome were reported from 2 hospitals in Daejeon, South Korea, including 1 index case and 25 new cases. We examined the epidemiologic features of these cases and found an estimated median incubation period of 6.1 days (8.8 days in hospital A and 4.6 days in hospital B). The overall attack rate was 3.7% (4.7% in hospital A and 3.0% in hospital B), and the attack rates among inpatients and caregivers in the same ward were 12.3% and 22.5%, respectively. The overall case-fatality rate was 44.0% (28.6% in hospital A and 63.6% in hospital B). The use of cohort quarantine may have played a role in preventing community spread, but additional transmission occurred among members of the hospital cohort quarantined together. Caregivers may have contributed in part to the transmission.
- Subjects
TAEJON-si (Korea); MIDDLE East respiratory syndrome transmission; DISEASE outbreaks; CAREGIVERS; ISOLATION (Hospital care)
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2017, Vol 23, Issue 6, p898
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.3201/eid2306.160120