Title |
Transmission and evolution of the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus in Saudi Arabia: a descriptive genomic study
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Published in |
The Lancet, September 2013
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DOI | 10.1016/s0140-6736(13)61887-5 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Matthew Cotten, Simon J Watson, Paul Kellam, Abdullah A Al-Rabeeah, Hatem Q Makhdoom, Abdullah Assiri, Jaffar A Al-Tawfiq, Rafat F Alhakeem, Hossam Madani, Fahad A AlRabiah, Sami Al Hajjar, Wafa N Al-nassir, Ali Albarrak, Hesham Flemban, Hanan H Balkhy, Sarah Alsubaie, Anne L Palser, Astrid Gall, Rachael Bashford-Rogers, Andrew Rambaut, Alimuddin I Zumla, Ziad A Memish |
Abstract |
Since June, 2012, Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) has, worldwide, caused 104 infections in people including 49 deaths, with 82 cases and 41 deaths reported from Saudi Arabia. In addition to confirming diagnosis, we generated the MERS-CoV genomic sequences obtained directly from patient samples to provide important information on MERS-CoV transmission, evolution, and origin. |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United States | 8 | 10% |
Indonesia | 6 | 7% |
Saudi Arabia | 5 | 6% |
United Kingdom | 5 | 6% |
Italy | 3 | 4% |
Australia | 2 | 2% |
Spain | 2 | 2% |
Norway | 1 | 1% |
Netherlands | 1 | 1% |
Other | 8 | 10% |
Unknown | 43 | 51% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Members of the public | 54 | 64% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 16 | 19% |
Scientists | 11 | 13% |
Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 3 | 4% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
United States | 5 | 1% |
United Kingdom | 3 | <1% |
Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
India | 1 | <1% |
New Zealand | 1 | <1% |
Brazil | 1 | <1% |
Korea, Republic of | 1 | <1% |
Saudi Arabia | 1 | <1% |
Greece | 1 | <1% |
Other | 1 | <1% |
Unknown | 333 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Researcher | 69 | 20% |
Student > Master | 57 | 16% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 54 | 15% |
Student > Bachelor | 42 | 12% |
Other | 19 | 5% |
Other | 54 | 15% |
Unknown | 54 | 15% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 92 | 26% |
Medicine and Dentistry | 64 | 18% |
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 34 | 10% |
Immunology and Microbiology | 24 | 7% |
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 16 | 5% |
Other | 55 | 16% |
Unknown | 64 | 18% |