Clinical Characteristics and Outcome of Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients in a MERS-CoV Endemic Area.
Mazin A BarryAbdulellah M AlmohayaAli AlhijjiLayan AkkielahAbdulaziz AlRajhiFahad AlmajidAynaa AlsharidiFatimah S Al-ShahraniNaif H AlotaibiAwadh AlanaziLeen GhonemAbdulkarim AlhetheelSarah AlsubaieZiad A MemishPublished in: Journal of epidemiology and global health (2020)
We observed no MERS-CoV co-infection in this early cohort of hospitalized COVID-19 patients who were relatively young, more than half had comorbid conditions, presented with fever and/or cough, an abnormal chest X-ray, lymphopenia, and high inflammatory markers. Given MERS-CoV endemicity in the country, co-monitoring of MERS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2 coinfection is critical.