References
- CDC. Severe respiratory illness associated with a novel coronavirus – Saudi Arabia and Qatar, 2012. MMWR 61, 820 (2012).
- Zaki AM, van Boheemen S, Bestebroer TM, Osterhaus AD, Fouchier RA. Isolation of a novel coronavirus from a man with pneumonia in Saudi Arabia. N. Engl. J. Med. 367(19), 1814–1820 (2012).
- de Groot RJ, Baker SC, Baric RS et al. Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV); announcement of the Coronavirus Study Group. J. Virol. 87(14), 7790–7792 (2013).
- Assiri A, Al-Tawfiq JA, Al-Rabeeah AA et al. Epidemiological, demographic, and clinical characteristics of 47 cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus disease from Saudi Arabia: a descriptive study. Lancet Infect. Dis. 13(9), 752–761 (2013).
- Assiri A, McGeer A, Perl TM et al.; KSA MERS-CoV Investigation Team. Hospital outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus. N. Engl. J. Med. 369(5), 407–416 (2013).
- Memish ZA, Zumla AI, Al-Hakeem RF, Al-Rabeeah AA, Stephens GM. Family cluster of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus infections. N. Engl. J. Med. 368(26), 2487–2494 (2013).
- Al-Ahdal MN, Al-Qahtani AA, Rubino S. Coronavirus respiratory illness in Saudi Arabia. J. Infect. Dev. Ctries. 6(10), 692–694 (2012).
- Hijawi B, Abdallat M, Sayaydeh A et al. Novel coronavirus infections in Jordan, April 2012: epidemiological findings from a retrospective investigation. East Mediterr. Health J. 19( Suppl. 1), S12–S18 (2013).
- Evidence of person-to-person transmission within a family cluster of novel coronavirus infections, United Kingdom, February 2013. Euro Surveill. 18(11), 20427 (2013).
- Bermingham A, Chand MA, Brown CS et al. Severe respiratory illness caused by a novel coronavirus, in a patient transferred to the United Kingdom from the Middle East, September 2012. Euro Surveill. 17(40), 20290 (2012).
- Buchholz U, Muller MA, Nitsche A et al. Contact investigation of a case of human novel coronavirus infection treated in a German hospital, October-November 2012. Euro Surveill. 18(8), pii: 20406 (2013).
- Mailles A, Blanckaert K, Chaud P et al. First cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infections in France, investigations and implications for the prevention of human-to-human transmission, France, May 2013. Euro Surveill. 18(24), pii: 20502 (2013).
- Drosten C, Seilmaier M, Corman VM et al. Clinical features and virological analysis of a case of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus infection. Lancet Infect. Dis. 13(9), 745–751 (2013).
- AlBarrak AM, Stephens GM, Hewson R, Memish ZA. Recovery from severe novel coronavirus infection. Saudi Med. J. 33, 1265–1269 (2012).
- Health Protection Agency (HPA) UK Novel Coronavirus Investigation team. Evidence of person-to-person transmission within a family cluster of novel coronavirus infections, United Kingdom, February 2013. Euro Surveill. 18, 20427 (2013).
- Memish ZA, Zumla AI, Assiri A. Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus infections in health care workers. N. Engl. J. Med. 369(9), 884–886 (2013).
- Tawfiq JA, Memish ZA. Mass gatherings and infectious diseases: prevention, detection, and control. Infect. Dis. Clin. North Am. 26, 725–737 (2012).
- Ahmed QA, Arabi YM, Memish ZA. Health risks at the Hajj. Lancet 367, 1008–1015 (2006).
- Al-Tawfiq JA, Smallwood CA, Arbuthnott KG, Malik MS, Barbeschi M, Memish ZA. Emerging respiratory and novel coronavirus 2012 infections and mass gatherings. East Mediterr. Health J. 19( Suppl. 1), S48–S54 (2013).
- Al-Tawfiq JA, Memish ZA. The Hajj: updated health hazards and current recommendations for 2012. Euro Surveill. 17(41), 20295 (2012).
- Novel coronavirus – Eastern Mediterranean (03): Saudi comment, 12 February 2013. ProMed, 2013, archive number 20130212.1540011
- Gautret P, Charrel R, Belhouchat K et al. Lack of nasal carriage of novel corona virus (HCoV-EMC) in French Hajj pilgrims returning from the Hajj 2012, despite a high rate of respiratory symptoms. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. 19(7), E315–E317 (2013).
- Breban R, Riou J, Fontanet A. Interhuman transmissibility of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus: estimation of pandemic risk. Lancet 382(9893), 694–699 (2013).
- Bauch CT, Oraby T. Assessing the pandemic potential of MERS-CoV. Lancet doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(13)61504-4 (2013) ( Epub ahead of print).
Websites
- CDC. Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS). www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/MERS/index.html
- Severe respiratory disease of unknown origin – Jordan – outbreak in ICU. Communicable Disease Threats Report, week 18, 29 April–May 2013. (2013). www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications/Publications/CDTR%20online%20version%204%20May%202012.pdf
- Novel coronavirus infection – update as of 22 May 2013. World Health Organization, Geneva. www.who.int/csr/don/2013_05_22_ncov/en/ ( Accessed 12 August 2013).
- ProMed. www.promedmail.org/promedprint.php?id=1750425 ( Accessed 12 August 2013)
- World Health Organization. Weekly epidemiological record. www.who.int/wer/2013/wer8832.pdf
- World Health Organization. International Health Regulations (2005). www.who.int/ihr/9789241596664/en/ ( Accessed 14 August 2013)
- WHO Statement on the Second Meeting of the IHR Emergency Committee concerning MERS-CoV. www.who.int/mediacentre/news/statements/2013/mers_cov_20130717/en/ ( Accessed 14 August 2013)