On 31 May 2013, the first case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection in Italy was laboratory confirmed in a previously healthy adult man, who developed pneumonia with moderate respiratory distress after returning from a holiday in Jordan. Two secondary cases were identified through contact tracing, among family members and colleagues who had not previously travelled abroad. Both secondary cases developed mild illness. All three patients recovered fully.
Investigation of an imported case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection in Florence, Italy, May to June 2013 / Puzelli S; Azzi A; Santini MG; Di Martino A; Facchini M; Castrucci MR; Meola M; Arvia R; Corcioli F; Pierucci F; Baretti S; Bartoloni A; Bartolozzi D; de Martino M; Galli L; Pompa MG; Rezza G; Balocchini E; Donatelli I.. - In: EUROSURVEILLANCE. - ISSN 1560-7917. - STAMPA. - 18:(2013), pp. x-x.
Investigation of an imported case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection in Florence, Italy, May to June 2013.
AZZI, ALBERTA;ARVIA, ROSARIA;DE JESUS CORCIOLI, FABIANA;PIERUCCI, FEDERICA;BARTOLONI, ALESSANDRO;DE MARTINO, MAURIZIO;GALLI, LUISA;
2013
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On 31 May 2013, the first case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection in Italy was laboratory confirmed in a previously healthy adult man, who developed pneumonia with moderate respiratory distress after returning from a holiday in Jordan. Two secondary cases were identified through contact tracing, among family members and colleagues who had not previously travelled abroad. Both secondary cases developed mild illness. All three patients recovered fully.
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