Risk factors for severity and mortality in patients with MERS-CoV: Analysis of publicly available data from Saudi Arabia

Banik, Gouri Rani; Alqahtani, Amani Salem; Booy, Robert; Rashid, Harunor

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Risk factors for severity and mortality in patients with MERS-CoV: Analysis of publicly available data from Saudi Arabia

Gouri Rani Banik^1,2,
Amani Salem Alqahtani^1,3,
Robert Booy^1,4,5 &
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Harunor Rashid^1,4

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National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance of Vaccine Preventable Diseases (NCIRS), The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, and the Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2145, Australia
Gouri Rani Banik, Amani Salem Alqahtani, Robert Booy & Harunor Rashid
University of Technology Sydney, School of Medical and Molecular Biosciences, Broadway, Sydney, NSW, 2007, Australia
Gouri Rani Banik
School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia
Amani Salem Alqahtani
Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity, School of Biological Sciences and Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2145, Australia
Robert Booy & Harunor Rashid
WHO Collaborating Centre for Mass Gatherings and High Consequence/High Visibility Events, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, 5001, Australia
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Banik, G.R., Alqahtani, A.S., Booy, R. et al. Risk factors for severity and mortality in patients with MERS-CoV: Analysis of publicly available data from Saudi Arabia. Virol. Sin. 31, 81–84 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12250-015-3679-z

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Published: 25 January 2016
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Influenza
Intensive Care Unit Admission
Emerg Infect
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome
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