It had also been shown that there was a negative trend and reduction in monthly numbers of primary MERS-CoV cases over a 3-year period from 2015-2017. 11 This continued reduction in the number of cases is primarily owing to containments of the cases and prevention of health care–associated outbreaks. 12 It was also projected that primary MERS-CoV cases would decrease to 5 cases in the spring of 2019. 11 In the current analysis, a large proportion of cases were among HCWs.
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Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus in the last two years: Health care workers still at risk.
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