Imported case of MERS-CoV infection identified in China, May 2015: detection and lesson learned

J Wu; L Yi; L Zou; H Zhong; L Liang; T Song; Y Song; J Su; C Ke

doi:10.2807/1560-7917.ES2015.20.24.21158

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Imported case of MERS-CoV infection identified in China, May 2015: detection and lesson learned
J Wu^1,2,3 , L Yi^3,4 , L Zou^1,2 , H Zhong^1,2 , L Liang^1,2 , T Song^1,2 , Y Song^1,2 , J Su^1,2 , C Ke^1,2
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Affiliations: ¹ Medical Key Laboratory for Repository and Application of Pathogenic Microbiology, Research Center for Pathogens Detection Technology of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou, China ² WHO Collaborating Centre for Surveillance, Research and Training of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Guangzhou, China ³ These authors contributed equally to this work ⁴ Guangdong Provincial Institute of Public Health, Guangzhou, China

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Citation style for this article: Wu J, Yi L, Zou L, Zhong H, Liang L, Song T, Song Y, Su J, Ke C. Imported case of MERS-CoV infection identified in China, May 2015: detection and lesson learned. Euro Surveill. 2015;20(24):pii=21158. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES2015.20.24.21158 Received: 11 Jun 2015

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Abstract

At the end of May 2015, an imported case of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection was confirmed in China. The patient is in a stable condition and is still undergoing treatment. In this report, we summarise the preliminary findings for this imported case and the results of contact tracing. We identified 78 close contacts and after 14 days of monitoring and isolation, none of the contacts presented symptoms and all tested negative for MERS-CoV.