Al-Zoughool, Mustafa

Araya, Ayesha

Balkhy, Hanan

Mohamed, Zeinab

Oraby, Tamer

Quiroz, Adriana

Tasnif, Yasar

Tyshenko, Michael

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Virginia Commonwealth UniversityVCU Scholars CompassBiology and Medicine Through MathematicsConference 2018May 30th, 11:00 AM - 11:30 AMMathematical Modeling of a MERS-CoVNosocomial OutbreakTamer OrabyThe University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, tamer.oraby@utrgv.eduYasar TasnifThe University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyMustafa Al-ZoughoolKing Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health SciencesSee next page for additional authorsFollow this and additional works at: https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/bammPart of the Life Sciences Commons, Medicine and Health Sciences Commons, and the PhysicalSciences and Mathematics CommonsThis Event is brought to you for free and open access by the Dept. of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics at VCU Scholars Compass. It has beenaccepted for inclusion in Biology and Medicine Through Mathematics Conference by an authorized administrator of VCU Scholars Compass. Formore information, please contact libcompass@vcu.edu.https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/bamm/2018/wednesday/4Presenter InformationTamer Oraby, Yasar Tasnif, Mustafa Al-Zoughool, Michael Tyshenko, Adriana Quiroz, Zeinab Mohamed,Ayesha Araya, and Hanan BalkhyThis event is available at VCU Scholars Compass: https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/bamm/2018/wednesday/4Mathematical Modeling of a MERS-CoV Nosocomial Outbreak Tamer Oraby1,*, Yasar Tasnif2, Mustafa Al-Zoughool3, Michael Tyshenko4, Adriana Quiroz1, Zeinab Mohamed1, Ayesha Araya5, Hanan Balkhy3 Middle East Respiratory Syndrome-coronavirus (MERS-CoV), a virus with a high fatality rate, is spreading in the Middle East, especially in Saudi Arabia (SA) which is its point of origin. It has also spread to South Korea (SK), where it was transferred by a visitor to the Arabian Gulf region. A MERS-CoV index case may cause a nosocomial outbreak that out-spills to the community. MERS-CoV’s nosocomial outbreaks are common in SA and SK. In a collaboration with researchers and health officials in Saudi Arabia and Canada we are constructing a model to depict the MERS-CoV nosocomial outbreak in a SA hospital. We are using the model to estimate different parameters related to the outbreak and to test the effect of the infectious disease control plan in that hospital. This model will assist to derive lessons from this particular nosocomial outbreak to inform and update infection control policy. In this talk, I am going to present the latest results in that project.    *Speaker. 1School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, Texas, USA. 2College of Health Affairs, Cooperative Pharmacy Program, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, Texas, USA. 3Department of Community and Environmental Health, College of Public Health and Health Informatics, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 4McLaughlin Centre for Population Health Risk Assessment, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. 5The University of Texas at Austin, College of Pharmacy, Austin, Texas, USA. 

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