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Volume 25, Number 4—April 2019
Research

Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Infection Dynamics and Antibody Responses among Clinically Diverse Patients, Saudi Arabia

Hail M. Al-Abdely1, Claire M. Midgley1Comments to Author , Abdulrahim M. Alkhamis, Glen R. Abedi, Xiaoyan Lu, Alison M. Binder, Khalid H. Alanazi, Azaibi Tamin, Weam M. Banjar, Sandra Lester, Osman Abdalla, Rebecca M. Dahl, Mutaz Mohammed, Suvang Trivedi, Homoud S. Algarni, Senthilkumar K. Sakthivel, Abdullah Algwizani, Fahad Bafaqeeh, Abdullah Alzahrani, Ali Abraheem Alsharef, Raafat F. Alhakeem, Hani A. Aziz Jokhdar, Sameeh S. Ghazal, Natalie J. Thornburg, Dean D. Erdman, Abdullah M. Assiri, John T. WatsonComments to Author , and Susan I. Gerber
Author affiliations: Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (H.M. Al-Abdely, A.M. Alkhamis, K.H. Alanazi, W.M. Banjar, O. Abdalla, M. Mohammed, H.S. Algarni, A. Alzahrani, A.A. Alsharef, R.F. Alhakeem, H.A.A. Jokhdar, A.M. Assiri); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (C.M. Midgley, G.R. Abedi, X. Lu, A.M. Binder, A. Tamin, S. Lester, R.M. Dahl, S.K. Sakthivel, N.J. Thornburg, D.D. Erdman, J.T. Watson, S.I. Gerber); Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh (W.M. Banjar); Prince Mohammed Bin Abdulaziz Hospital, Riyadh (A. Algwizani, F. Bafaqeeh, S.S. Ghazal)

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Figure 2

Symptom progression and MERS-CoV detection during hospitalization at a MERS referral hospital, Saudi Arabia, August 1, 2015–August 31, 2016. Each panel depicts the number of patients hospitalized on a given day for each category shown; MERS-CoV detection is based on the clinical diagnostic reports in the upper or lower respiratory tract. A, B) Number of group 1 patients with fever (measured oral temperature >38.0°C or measured axillary temperature >37.5°C) and reported cough during (A) and

Figure 2. Symptom progression and MERS-CoV detection during hospitalization at a MERS referral hospital, Saudi Arabia, August 1, 2015–August 31, 2016. Each panel depicts the number of patients hospitalized on a given day for each category shown; MERS-CoV detection is based on the clinical diagnostic reports in the upper or lower respiratory tract. A, B) Number of group 1 patients with fever (measured oral temperature >38.0°C or measured axillary temperature >37.5°C) and reported cough during (A) and after (B) the MERS-CoV detection period. C, D) Number of patients intubated (dashed lines) and the number of patients who were positive for MERS-CoV on a given day for group 2 (C) and group 3 (D). MERS, Middle East respiratory syndrome; MERS-CoV, Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus. Group 1, on room air; group 2, ventilated but survived; group 3, died.

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1These first authors contributed equally to this article.

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