He Daihai, Chiu Alice P Y, Lin Qianying, Cowling Benjamin J
Department of Applied Mathematics, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.
Department of Applied Mathematics, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.
Int J Infect Dis. 2015 Nov;40:15-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2015.09.012. Epub 2015 Sep 28.
• It was found that the first two major waves of weekly laboratory confirmations of MERS-CoV cases closely followed the seasonal epidemic waves of influenza A in the Middle East. • This finding is important to revealing the mechanisms behind the seasonality of MERS-CoV in the Middle East.
• 研究发现,中东地区中东呼吸综合征冠状病毒(MERS-CoV)病例每周实验室确诊的前两大高峰紧随甲型流感的季节性流行高峰。• 这一发现对于揭示中东地区MERS-CoV季节性背后的机制具有重要意义。