Call to action for improved case definition and contact tracing for MERS-CoV

• Type of Material: Article
• Authors: Ziad Memish, Emory University
• Language: English
• Date: 2019-07-02
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication Version: Final Published Version
• Copyright Statement: © International Society of Travel Medicine 2019. All rights reserved.
• Final Published Version (URL): http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jtm/taz001
• Title of Journal or Parent Work: Journal of Travel Medicine
• Volume: 26
• Issue: 5
• Grant/Funding Information: None declared
• Keywords: Contact Tracing; Travel; Coronavirus Infections; Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus; Humans
• Research Categories: Health Sciences, Public Health; Health Sciences, Health Care Management; Health Sciences, Epidemiology

Abstract

Progress has been made in KSA in reducing the number and size of healthcare facilities outbreaks of MERS-CoV by the application of wide scope case definition leading to excessive MERS-CoV testing. Critical case definition review and application of point of care testing with revision of HCWs furlough are urgently needed.