Volume 22, Number 4—April 2016
Dispatch
Exportations of Symptomatic Cases of MERS-CoV Infection to Countries outside the Middle East
Cristina Carias
, Justin J. O’Hagan, Amy Jewett, Manoj Gambhir, Nicole J. Cohen, Yoni Haber, Nicki Pesik, and David L. Swerdlow
, Justin J. O’Hagan, Amy Jewett, Manoj Gambhir, Nicole J. Cohen, Yoni Haber, Nicki Pesik, and David L. Swerdlow
Table 1
Number of symptomatic cases of MERS-CoV infection and number of symptomatic cases exported to countries outside the Middle East, overall and during January 1, 2013–January 16, 2015*
| Region and country |
No. cases overall (no. cases Jan 1, 2013–Jan 16, 2015) |
|---|---|
| Source countries | |
| KSA | 831 (826) |
| UAE | 67 (67) |
| Jordan | 9 (7) |
| Qatar |
11 (9) |
| Other Middle Eastern countries | |
| Iran | 5 (5) |
| Oman | 7 (7) |
| Kuwait | 3 (3) |
| Lebanon | 1 (1) |
| Turkey | 1 (1) |
| Yemen |
1 (1) |
| Countries outside the Middle East | |
| Tunisia | 3 (3) |
| United Kingdom | 3 (3) |
| Algeria | 2 (2) |
| France | 2 (2) |
| Netherlands | 2 (2) |
| Austria | 1 (1) |
| Italy | 1 (1) |
| Malaysia |
1 (1) |
| Source and destination country |
No. cases exported |
| KSA | |
| Algeria | 2 (2) |
| Netherlands | 2 (2) |
| United States | 2 (2) |
| Austria | 1 (1) |
| Greece | 1 (1) |
| Malaysia | 1 (1) |
| United Kingdom |
1 (1) |
| Qatar | |
| Tunisia |
1 (1) |
| UAE | |
| France |
1 (1) |
| Jordan | |
| Italy | 1 (1) |
*Based on World Health Organization case counts. MERS-CoV, Middle Eastern respiratory syndrome coronavirus; KSA, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; UAE, United Arab Emirates.
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