id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-340836-eb5a9ln3 Aghazadeh-Attari, Javad Epidemiological factors and worldwide pattern of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus from 2013 to 2016 2018-04-06 .txt text/plain 2694 131 52 METHODS: Full details of MERS-CoV cases available on the disease outbreak news section of the World Health Organization official website from January 2013 to November 2016 were retrieved; demographic and clinical information, global distribution status, potential contacts, and probable risk factors for the mortality of laboratory-confirmed MERS-CoV cases were extracted and analyzed by following standard statistical methods. From September 23, 2012, to November 11, 2016, the occurrence of 1,879 laboratory-confirmed cases of MERS-CoV infection, including 659 deaths, was reported to WHO by the National IHR Focal Points of 27 countries in Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, the United States of America, and Asia. The comparison of characteristics of the cases and the effect of various potential risk factors on the final outcome (dead/survived) of laboratory-confirmed MERS-CoV cases in the world (Table 2) reveal that two factors, namely, morbid case being native and travel history, are considered significant in a unifactorial analysis (P-values are <0.05) and with the potential of bearing on the dynamics of the disease. ./cache/cord-340836-eb5a9ln3.txt ./txt/cord-340836-eb5a9ln3.txt