An assessment of the level of concern among hospital-based health-care workers regarding MERS outbreaks in Saudi Arabia
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- 作者：Mostafa A. Abolfotouh ; Ali A. AlQarni ; Suliman M. Al-Ghamdi…
- 关键词：Concern ; Attitude ; Health ; care worker ; MERS ; CoV ; Saudi Arabia
- 刊名：BMC Infectious Diseases
- 出版年：2017
- 出版时间：December 2017
- 年：2017
- 卷：17
- 期：1
- 全文大小：412KB
- 刊物主题：Infectious Diseases; Parasitology; Medical Microbiology; Tropical Medicine; Internal Medicine;
- 出版者：BioMed Central
- ISSN：1471-2334
- 卷排序：17
文摘
BackgroundMiddle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) is caused by MERS coronavirus (MERS-CoV). More than 80% of reported cases have occurred in Saudi Arabia, with a mortality exceeding 50%. Health-care workers (HCWs) are at risk of acquiring and transmitting this virus, so the concerns of HCWs in Saudi Arabia regarding MERS were evaluated.