id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-297853-peqkcix2 Khan, Raymond M. Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus on inanimate surfaces: A risk for health care transmission 2016-11-01 .txt text/plain 1471 81 50 title: Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus on inanimate surfaces: A risk for health care transmission The Middle East Respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) has been responsible for multiple health care–associated outbreaks. The Middle East Respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) has been responsible for multiple health care-associated outbreaks. In September 2012, the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) was identified from a patient in Saudi Arabia. 3 Further, data from the South Korean outbreak (May 2015) demonstrated that several environmental surfaces frequently touched by laboratory-confirmed MERS patients and health care workers were contaminated by MERS-CoV. Our finding of MERS-CoV RNA on environmental samples within our ICU shows that the viral material may contaminate fomites and can be a theoretical cause of nosocomial infections. CDC's early response to a novel viral disease, middle east respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) Stability of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) under different environmental conditions ./cache/cord-297853-peqkcix2.txt ./txt/cord-297853-peqkcix2.txt