First confirmed cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection in the United States, updated information on the epidemiology of MERS-CoV infection, and guidance for the public, clinicians, and public health authorities - May 2014.

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Published in MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep on May 16, 2014

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Stephanie R Bialek, Donna Allen, Francisco Alvarado-Ramy, Ray Arthur, Arunmozhi Balajee, David Bell, Susan Best, Carina Blackmore, Lucy Breakwell, Andrew Cannons, Clive Brown, Martin Cetron, Nora Chea, Christina Chommanard, Nicole Cohen, Craig Conover, Antonio Crespo, Jeanean Creviston, Aaron T Curns, Rebecca Dahl, Stephanie Dearth, Alfred DeMaria, Fred Echols, Dean D Erdman, Daniel Feikin, Mabel Frias, Susan I Gerber, Reena Gulati, Christa Hale, Lia M Haynes, Lea Heberlein-Larson, Kelly Holton, Kashef Ijaz, Minal Kapoor, Katrin Kohl, David T Kuhar, Alan M Kumar, Marianne Kundich, Susan Lippold, Lixia Liu, Judith C Lovchik, Larry Madoff, Sandra Martell, Sarah Matthews, Jessica Moore, Linda R Murray, Shauna Onofrey, Mark A Pallansch, Nicki Pesik, Huong Pham, Satish Pillai, Pam Pontones, Kimberly Pringle, Scott Pritchard, Sonja Rasmussen, Shawn Richards, Michelle Sandoval, Eileen Schneider, Anne Schuchat, Kristine Sheedy, Kevin Sherin, David L Swerdlow, Jordan W Tappero, Michael O Vernon, Sharon Watkins, John Watson, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

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