First cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infections in France, investigations and implications for the prevention of human-to-human transmission, France, May 2013

A Mailles; K Blanckaert; P Chaud; S van der Werf; B Lina; V Caro; C Campese; B Guéry; H Prouvost; X Lemaire; M C Paty; S Haeghebaert; D Antoine; N Ettahar; H Noel; S Behillil; S Hendricx; J C Manuguerra; V Enouf; G La Ruche; C Semaille; B Coignard; D Lévy-Bruhl; F Weber; C Saura; D Che; Collective The investigation team

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First cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infections in France, investigations and implications for the prevention of human-to-human transmission, France, May 2013
A Mailles¹ , K Blanckaert^2,3 , P Chaud^2,4 , S van der Werf⁵ , B Lina⁶ , V Caro⁷ , C Campese¹ , B Guéry⁸ , H Prouvost⁴ , X Lemaire⁹ , M C Paty¹ , S Haeghebaert⁴ , D Antoine¹ , N Ettahar¹⁰ , H Noel¹ , S Behillil⁵ , S Hendricx⁹ , J C Manuguerra⁷ , V Enouf⁶ , G La Ruche¹ , C Semaille¹ , B Coignard¹ , D Lévy-Bruhl¹ , F Weber¹ , C Saura¹ , D Che¹ , Collective The investigation team¹¹
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Affiliations: ¹ Institut de veille sanitaire (InVS), Saint Maurice, France ² These authors contributed equally to this work ³ Antenne Régionale de Lutte contre les Infections Nosocomiales (ARLIN), Lille, France ⁴ Institut de Veille Sanitaire, Lille, France ⁵ National Reference Center for influenza viruses (coordinating center) and Unit of Molecular Genetics of RNA Viruses, coordinating center, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France ⁶ National Reference Center for influenza viruses, Hospices Civils de Lyon and Virpath, Université Claude Bernard Lyon1, Lyon, France ⁷ Cellule d'Intervention Biologique d'Urgence (CIBU), Institut Pasteur, Paris, France ⁸ Centre Hospitalier Régional et Universitaire, Université de Lille 2, Lille, France ⁹ Centre hospitalier, Douai, France ¹⁰ Centre Hospitalier, Valenciennes, France ¹¹ The members of the team are listed at the end of the article

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Citation style for this article: Mailles A, Blanckaert K, Chaud P, van der Werf S, Lina B, Caro V, Campese C, Guéry B, Prouvost H, Lemaire X, Paty M C, Haeghebaert S, Antoine D, Ettahar N, Noel H, Behillil S, Hendricx S, Manuguerra J C, Enouf V, La Ruche G, Semaille C, Coignard B, Lévy-Bruhl D, Weber F, Saura C, Che D, The investigation team Collective. First cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infections in France, investigations and implications for the prevention of human-to-human transmission, France, May 2013. Euro Surveill. 2013;18(24):pii=20502. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.18.24.20502-en Received: 29 May 2013

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In May 2013, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection was diagnosed in an adult male in France with severe respiratory illness, who had travelled to the United Arab Emirates before symptom onset.

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