TY - JOUR AU - Shahkarami, Mahtab AU - Yen, Cynthia AU - Glaser, Carol AU - Xia, Dongxiang AU - Watt, James AU - Wadford, Debra T1 - Laboratory Testing for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus, California, USA, 2013–2014 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2015 VL - 21 IS - 9 SP - 1664 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Since Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) first emerged, the California Department of Public Health has coordinated efforts to identify possible cases in travelers to California, USA, from affected areas. During 2013–2014, the department investigated 54 travelers for MERS-CoV; none tested positive, but 32 (62%) of 52 travelers with suspected MERS-CoV had other respiratory viruses. KW - MERS KW - MERS-CoV KW - MERS coronavirus KW - Middle East respiratory syndrome KW - novel coronavirus KW - California KW - surveillance KW - laboratory testing KW - viruses KW - travel-associated KW - imported KW - infection control KW - USA DO - 10.3201/eid2109.150476 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/21/9/15-0476_article ER - End of Reference