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cord-356007-6b0w36l9	Alanazi, Khalid H.	Scope and extent of healthcare-associated Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus transmission during two contemporaneous outbreaks in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2017	2018-12-31		.txt	text/plain	4028	212	48	OBJECTIVE: To investigate a Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) outbreak event involving multiple healthcare facilities in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; to characterize transmission; and to explore infection control implications. Of these 10 available HCP, 9 reported prolonged, close contact with an unrecognized patient case before implementation of MERS-CoV IPC measures and with limited PPE use ( Table 3 ). Among the 10 interviewed HCP cases, the time from first positive MERS-CoV result to serum collection was 55-61 days, and 1 was seropositive: a 32-year-old female who had reported headache, muscle aches, and productive cough. Among them, 9 HCP (33%) tested rRT-PCR positive for MERS-CoV; 5 reported contact with index patient B before At hospital B, 34 of 50 MERS-CoV rRT-PCR-negative HCP contacts of cases (68%) were interviewed and provided serum. One was seropositive, a physician who had close, prolonged contact with index B after isolation and while wearing recommended PPE; however, he had previously tested rRT-PCR positive for MERS-CoV in 2013.	./cache/cord-356007-6b0w36l9.txt	./txt/cord-356007-6b0w36l9.txt