Family cluster of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus infections, Tunisia, 2013

Emerg Infect Dis. 2014 Sep;20(9):1527-30. doi: 10.3201/eid2009.140378.

Abstract

In 2013 in Tunisia, 3 persons in 1 family were infected with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV). The index case-patient's respiratory tract samples were negative for MERS-CoV by reverse transcription PCR, but diagnosis was retrospectively confirmed by PCR of serum. Sequences clustered with those from Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Coronavirus Infections / diagnosis*
  • Coronavirus Infections / drug therapy
  • Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology
  • Coronavirus Infections / microbiology*
  • Family*
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Genes, Viral
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus / classification
  • Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus / genetics*
  • Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus / isolation & purification
  • Phylogeny
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Serotyping
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Tunisia / epidemiology