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Published in final edited form as: Euro Surveill. 2015 Jun 25;20(25):21163. doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.es2015.20.25.21163

Table 2.

Comparison of epidemiological features of the MERS outbreak in South Korea in 2015 with other outbreaks of MERS, and with SARS in Asia in 2003

	MERS South Korea (2015)	MERS [7,11,15] Global (2012–13)	SARS [9,16–18] Hong Kong (2003)
Mean incubation period	6.7 days	5.2 days	4.4 days
Mean serial interval	12.6 days	7 – 12 days	8.4 days^a
Case fatality risk	21%	21%^b	17%
Mean age (range)	55.4 years (16–87)	56 years (15–94)^c	43.5 years
Male	61%	77%^c	44%
Healthcare personnel	18%	31%^d	23%

MERS: Middle East respiratory syndrome; SARS: severe acute respiratory syndrome.

^a

Singapore.

^b

Secondary cases only; includes cases from Europe and the Middle East.

^c

Saudi Arabia.

^d

Jeddah.