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Author: Bernard-Stoecklin, Sibylle; Nikolay, Birgit; Assiri, Abdullah; Bin Saeed, Abdul Aziz; Ben Embarek, Peter Karim; El Bushra, Hassan; Ki, Moran; Malik, Mamunur Rahman; Fontanet, Arnaud; Cauchemez, Simon; Van Kerkhove, Maria D.
Title: Comparative Analysis of Eleven Healthcare-Associated Outbreaks of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (Mers-Cov) from 2015 to 2017
  • Document date: 2019_5_14
  • ID: 1t3hg4wi_29
    Snippet: The median estimates of the reproduction number R(t) in the early stages of outbreaks included in our analyses reached as high as 5.7 in the Republic of Korea, as has been found by others 43 , likely facilitated by multiple superspreading events at two hospitals 43 . What is perhaps most informative from a public health perspective is the length of time it took to bring the outbreaks under control. All of outbreaks reached R t values below 1 with.....
    Document: The median estimates of the reproduction number R(t) in the early stages of outbreaks included in our analyses reached as high as 5.7 in the Republic of Korea, as has been found by others 43 , likely facilitated by multiple superspreading events at two hospitals 43 . What is perhaps most informative from a public health perspective is the length of time it took to bring the outbreaks under control. All of outbreaks reached R t values below 1 within 2 to 6 weeks after the first cases were identified, highlighting that the time frame in which hospital and ministry officials can implement control measures to stop nosocomial outbreaks.

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