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http://dx.doi.org/10.3961/jpmph.15.064

Costly Lessons From the 2015 Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Outbreak in Korea  

Lee, Sang-il (Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine)
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Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health / v.48, no.6, 2015 , pp. 274-276 More about this Journal
Abstract
Since the Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) outbreak in the Republic of Korea (hereafter Korea) began on May 11, 2015, a total of 186 persons have been infected by the MERS coronavirus, 38 of whom have died. With this number, Korea becomes second only to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the ranking of cumulative MERS cases. In this paper Korea's unique experience of an outbreak of MERS will be summarized and discussed briefly.
Keywords
Middle East respiratory syndrome; Republic of Korea; Outbreak;
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