Symptomatic MERS-CoV infection reduces the risk of future COVID-19 disease; a retrospective cohort study.

BMC Infect Dis · 2023 · PMC10623690 · PMID 37924004

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Cox regression analysis adjusted for age, gender, and major comorbidity showed a marginally significant lower risk of COVID-19 disease (hazard ratio = 0.533, p = 0.085) and hospital admission (hazard ratio = 0.411, p = 0.061) in patients with positive MERS-CoV.

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