id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-324165-afdmsbw2 Joo, Heesoo The effects of past SARS experience and proximity on declines in numbers of travelers to the Republic of Korea during the 2015 MERS outbreak: A retrospective study 2019-08-31 .txt text/plain 5124 236 56 The results from regression models and sensitivity analyses demonstrated that areas with ≥100 SARS cases and closer proximity to the ROK had significantly larger percentage decreases in traveler volumes during the outbreak. This evaluation estimates the changes in numbers of non-citizen short-term visitor arrivals from selected areas to the ROK during the 2015 MERS outbreak and examines the correlation between travel volume declines and previous experience of the most similar sizable outbreak, the 2003 severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak. Although WHO did not recommend any travel restrictions to the ROK during the 2015 MERS outbreak [17] , WHO noted that raising awareness about Table 4 Monthly marginal percentage change between actual (2015) and baseline projected (average of 2013 and 2014) non-citizen arrivals to the Republic of Korea (ROK) associated with areas that experienced ≥100 probable severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) cases and distance to the Republic of Korea. ./cache/cord-324165-afdmsbw2.txt ./txt/cord-324165-afdmsbw2.txt