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cord-255871-dau9tz6u	Lee, Mi-Kyung	Survey of Clinical Laboratory Practices for 2015 Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Outbreak in the Republic of Korea	2015-12-18		.txt	text/plain	2610	130	48	BACKGROUND: It is crucial to understand the current status of clinical laboratory practices for the largest outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infections in the Republic of Korea to be well prepared for future emerging infectious diseases. The number of MERS-CoV rRT-PCR tests performed was collected from 32 medical institutions and five referral medical laboratories. A total of 27,009 MERS-CoV rRT-PCR tests were performed at 32 medical institutions (N = 11,502) and five referral medical laboratories (N = 15,507) (Table 1 and Fig. 1 ). The proportion of medical institutions was significantly underestimated because one tertiary care hospital submitted responses for the survey but not the specimen list, and the numbers of MERS-CoV rRT-PCR tests and positive specimens at this institution would have been predominant in the reporting medical institutions. Table 2 shows the current status of clinical laboratories in medical institutions with respect to their response to the outbreak of MERS-CoV infections.	./cache/cord-255871-dau9tz6u.txt	./txt/cord-255871-dau9tz6u.txt