TY - T1 - How lessons learned from the 2015 Middle East respiratory syndrome outbreak affected the response to coronavirus disease 2019 in the Republic of Korea SN - / UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/330484 T3 - A1 - Yang, Tae Un; Noh, Ji Yun; Song, Joon-Young; Cheong, Hee Jin; Kim, Woo Joo A2 - PB - Y1 - 2021 LA - eng AB - The Republic of Korea (ROK) experienced a public health crisis due to Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) in 2015 and is currently going through the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Lessons learned from the disastrous MERS outbreak were reflected in the preparedness system, and the readiness capabilities that were subsequently developed enabled the country to successfully flatten the epidemic curve of COVID-19 in late February and March 2020. In this review, we summarize and com... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - Communicable diseases; emerging; Disease outbreaks; Control; Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus; COVID-19; SOUTH-KOREA; ACE2; 3121 General medicine, internal medicine and other clinical medicine N1 - PP - ER -