Re: Jordan: 124 suspected retrospective cases of infection with novel Coronavirus - results pending from US CDC
Earliest known MERS outbreak, in Jordan, infected at least 10 people
By Helen Branswell, The Canadian PressJune 17, 2013 8:07 AM
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Dr. Mohammad Al-Abdallat says blood samples from 124 people were tested for antibodies to the Middle Eastern respiratory syndrome coronavirus.
He says eight people tested positive, including six people who had been known to be sick at the time of the outbreak, one health-care worker and one household contact of a confirmed case.
The two previously confirmed cases died at the time of the outbreak but were confirmed later using samples that had been stored.
The study was a joint effort by the Jordanian health ministry and scientists from the U.S. Centers for Diseases Control in Atlanta.
The additional cases, if added to the World Health Organization's global tally, would bring the global count to 72 cases, 38 of which have been fatal.
The cases in Jordan occurred at Zarqa, southwest of Amman. The outbreak happened before the existence of the new virus was recognized.
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