Specialty Internal Medicine and Quality Department, Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
Infectious Disease Division, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
J Epidemiol Glob Health. 2023 Sep;13(3):387-390. doi: 10.1007/s44197-023-00128-x.
Since the emergence of the middle east respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) 2012, the virus had caused multiple healthcare-associated outbreaks. The initial 2012 Hajj season started few weeks after the first case of MERS-CoV, but there were no reported cases among pilgrims in 2012. Since then, there had been multiple studies examining the prevalence of MERS-CoV among Hajj pilgrims. Subsequently, multiple studies utilized screening of pilgrims for MERS-CoV and > 10,000 pilgrims were screened with no identifiable cases of MERS.
自 2012 年中东呼吸综合征冠状病毒(MERS-CoV)出现以来,该病毒已导致多起与医疗保健相关的暴发。最初的 2012 年朝觐季节是在首例 MERS-CoV 病例发生后的几周后开始的,但 2012 年朝觐者中没有报告病例。从那时起,已经有多项研究检查了 MERS-CoV 在朝觐者中的流行情况。随后,多项研究利用对朝觐者进行 MERS-CoV 的筛查,对超过 10000 名朝觐者进行了筛查,未发现可识别的 MERS 病例。