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Background information
Medical
Complains
Part
Past medical history
Risk factors
Non
- Initial Contact Clinical, physical examination:
o Clinical physical examination of the-Medical
contact of
confirmed MERS-CoV.
o The examination will be conducted by a medical doctor.
o The medical examination will be the standard
examination of a case suspected of MERS-CoV.
o The results of the examination will be recorded in
check-list sheet including the participant identifier.
- Contact Laboratory investigation:
Symptomatic Contacts:
The laboratory investigations that will be performed for
symptomatic contacts will include:
1. Upper respiratory tract specimens for virologic
confirmation using RT-PCR:
1. Nasopharyngeal AND oropharyngeal swabs
(NP/OP swabs
Nasopharyngeal swabs
2. Oropharyngeal swabs -- Swab the posterior
pharynx, avoiding the tongue.
3. Nasopharyngeal wash/aspirate or nasal
aspirates.
2. Blood samples for serologic testing
Asymptomatic contacts:
Asymptomatic contacts will be followed for two weeks if no
symptoms develop during this period a blood samples for
serologic testing will be taken.