Analysis of Human to Human Transmission of Middle East Respiratory Syndrom Coronavirus (MER-CoV)
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observational
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Brief Summary
This study aimed to analysis the characteristics of MERS transmission and the effect of our institutional personal protective equipment on the controlling the MERS at a tertiary Korean Hospital.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P75+ for all trials
Started Jun 2015
Shorter than P25 for all trials
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
June 1, 2015
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
November 1, 2015
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
November 1, 2015
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
November 11, 2015
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
November 16, 2015
CompletedSeptember 1, 2016
August 1, 2016
5 months
November 11, 2015
August 30, 2016
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Numbers of infected patient
Serologic confimred MERS case within 4 weeks after contacting to a case patients
Study Arms (1)
RiskMERS
Exposed to case-patients
Interventions
HCPs, patients and layperson to closely or indirectly contact a case-patients
Eligibility Criteria
pesons who had the risk of MERS transmission from the case-patient
You may qualify if:
- All aged persons who have risk of MERS transmission from a case-patients
You may not qualify if:
- No risk of transmission
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Related Publications (8)
Cetra A. MERS-CoV update: what you need to know. Lancet Infect Dis. 2014 Oct;14(10):924-5. doi: 10.1016/s1473-3099(14)70930-2. No abstract available.
PMID: 25379596BACKGROUNDOh MD, Choe PG, Oh HS, Park WB, Lee SM, Park J, Lee SK, Song JS, Kim NJ. Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Superspreading Event Involving 81 Persons, Korea 2015. J Korean Med Sci. 2015 Nov;30(11):1701-5. doi: 10.3346/jkms.2015.30.11.1701. Epub 2015 Oct 16.
PMID: 26539018BACKGROUNDYang JS, Park S, Kim YJ, Kang HJ, Kim H, Han YW, Lee HS, Kim DW, Kim AR, Heo DR, Kim JA, Kim SJ, Nam JG, Jung HD, Cheong HM, Kim K, Lee JS, Kim SS. Middle East Respiratory Syndrome in 3 Persons, South Korea, 2015. Emerg Infect Dis. 2015 Nov;21(11):2084-7. doi: 10.3201/eid2111.151016.
PMID: 26488745BACKGROUNDKorean Society of Infectious Diseases; Korean Society for Healthcare-associated Infection Control and Prevention. An Unexpected Outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Infection in the Republic of Korea, 2015. Infect Chemother. 2015 Jun;47(2):120-2. doi: 10.3947/ic.2015.47.2.120. Epub 2015 Jun 30.
PMID: 26157591BACKGROUNDGostin LO, Lucey D. Middle East Respiratory Syndrome: A Global Health Challenge. JAMA. 2015 Aug 25;314(8):771-2. doi: 10.1001/jama.2015.7646. No abstract available.
PMID: 26084030BACKGROUNDZumla A, Hui DS, Perlman S. Middle East respiratory syndrome. Lancet. 2015 Sep 5;386(9997):995-1007. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)60454-8. Epub 2015 Jun 3.
PMID: 26049252BACKGROUNDKayali G, Peiris M. A more detailed picture of the epidemiology of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus. Lancet Infect Dis. 2015 May;15(5):495-7. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(15)70128-3. Epub 2015 Apr 8. No abstract available.
PMID: 25863563RESULTKi HK, Han SK, Son JS, Park SO. Risk of transmission via medical employees and importance of routine infection-prevention policy in a nosocomial outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS): a descriptive analysis from a tertiary care hospital in South Korea. BMC Pulm Med. 2019 Oct 30;19(1):190. doi: 10.1186/s12890-019-0940-5.
PMID: 31666061DERIVED
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- STUDY DIRECTOR
Hyun Kyun Ki, MD
Devision of Infection, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Konkuk University, Seoul 143-729, Korea
Study Design
- Study Type
- observational
- Observational Model
- CASE CONTROL
- Time Perspective
- RETROSPECTIVE
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
- PI Title
- Assistant Professor
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
November 11, 2015
First Posted
November 16, 2015
Study Start
June 1, 2015
Primary Completion
November 1, 2015
Study Completion
November 1, 2015
Last Updated
September 1, 2016
Record last verified: 2016-08