BIP! Finder - Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Infection Dynamics and Antibody Responses among Clinically Diverse Patients, Saudi Arabia

2019 • Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Infection Dynamics and Antibody Responses among Clinically Diverse Patients, Saudi Arabia

Authors: Hani Jokhdar; Suvang Trivedi; Abdullah M. Assiri; Dean D. Erdman; Fahad Bafaqeeh; Xiaoyan Lu; Rebecca M. Dahl; Abdulrahim M Alkhamis; Osman Abdalla; Mutaz Mohammed; Susan I. Gerber; Abdullah G. Alzahrani; Natalie J. Thornburg; Senthilkumar K. Sakthivel; Sameeh S. Ghazal; Weam M. Banjar; Ali A. Alsharef; Khalid H. Alanazi; Azaibi Tamin; John T. Watson; Homoud S. Algarni; Alison M. Binder; Claire M Midgley; Sandra Lester; Raafat F. Alhakeem; Abdullah Algwizani; Hail M. Al-Abdely; Glen R. Abedi

Venue: Emerging Infectious Diseases

Type: Publication

Abstract: Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) shedding and antibody responses are not fully understood, particularly in relation to underlying medical conditions, clinical manifestations, and mortality. We enrolled MERS-CoV-positive patients at a hospital in Saudi Arabia and periodically collected specimens from multiple sites for real-time reverse transcription PCR and serologic testing. We conducted interviews and chart abstractions to collect clinical, epidemiologic, and laboratory information. We found that diabetes mellitus among... (read more)

Topics: Immunology Virology Internal medicine

DOI: 10.3201/eid2504.181595

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