Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infections in two returning travellers in the Netherlands, May 2014

M Kraaij – Dirkzwager; A Timen; K Dirksen; L Gelinck; E Leyten; P Groeneveld; C Jansen; M Jonges; S Raj; I Thurkow; R van Gageldonk-Lafeber; A van der Eijk; M Koopmans; on behalf of MERS-CoV outbreak investigation team of the Netherlands

doi:10.2807/1560-7917.ES2014.19.21.20817

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Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infections in two returning travellers in the Netherlands, May 2014
M Kraaij – Dirkzwager ¹ , A Timen¹ , K Dirksen² , L Gelinck³ , E Leyten³ , P Groeneveld⁴ , C Jansen³ , M Jonges⁵ , S Raj⁶ , I Thurkow⁷ , R van Gageldonk-Lafeber⁸ , A van der Eijk⁶ , M Koopmans^5,6 , on behalf of MERS-CoV outbreak investigation team of the Netherlands⁹
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Affiliations: ¹ National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) National Coordination Centre for Communicable Disease Control, Bilthoven, the Netherlands ² Public Health Service The Hague, The Hague, the Netherlands ³ Medical Centre Haaglanden, The Hague, the Netherlands ⁴ Isala Klinieken Zwolle, Zwolle, the Netherlands ⁵ National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) Centre for Infectious Disease Research, Diagnostics and Screening, Bilthoven, the Netherlands ⁶ Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands ⁷ Public Health Service Ijsselland, Zwolle, the Netherlands ⁸ National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Centre for Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Surveillance, Bilthoven, the Netherlands ⁹ Members of the team are listed at the end of the article

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Citation style for this article: Kraaij – Dirkzwager M, Timen A, Dirksen K, Gelinck L, Leyten E, Groeneveld P, Jansen C, Jonges M, Raj S, Thurkow I, van Gageldonk-Lafeber R, van der Eijk A, Koopmans M, on behalf of MERS-CoV outbreak investigation team of the Netherlands. Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infections in two returning travellers in the Netherlands, May 2014. Euro Surveill. 2014;19(21):pii=20817. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES2014.19.21.20817 Received: 21 May 2014

Abstract

Two patients, returning to the Netherlands from pilgrimage in Medina and Mecca, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, were diagnosed with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection in May 2014. The source and mode of transmission have not yet been determined. Hospital-acquired infection and community-acquired infection are both possible.