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CLINICAL FOCUS: Infectious Diseases

Managing MERS-CoV in the healthcare setting

Jaffar A. Al-TawfiqJohns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare, Dhahran, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia;Indiana University School of Medicine, IN, USA
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Ziad A. MemishMinistry of Health, College of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 158-163 | Received 01 Jun 2015, Accepted 15 Jul 2015, Published online: 30 Jul 2015

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Jaffar A. Al-Tawfiq & Kareem Hinedi. (2018) The calm before the storm: clinical observations of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) patients. Journal of Chemotherapy 30:3, pages 179-182.
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