Identification of severe acute respiratory syndrome in Canada

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 348, Issue 20, 2003, Pages 1995-2005

  Poutanen, Susan M ^a,b   Low, Donald E ^a,b   Henry, Bonnie ^c   Finkelstein, Sandy ^d   Rose, David ^d   Green, Karen ^a   Tellier, Raymond ^b,e   Draker, Ryan ^e   Adachi, Dena ^e   Ayers, Melissa ^e   Chan, Adrienne K ^b   Skowronski, Danuta M ^f   Salit, Irving ^b,g   Simor, Andrew E ^b,h   Slutsky, Arthur S ^b,i   Doyle, Patrick W ^j   Krajden, Mel ^f   Petric, Martin ^f   Brunham, Robert C ^j   McGeer, Allison J ^a,b  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c CITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d SCARBOROUGH HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^f BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^h SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

ⁱ ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^j UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATINE KINASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; OSELTAMIVIR; RIBAVIRIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CANADA; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONAVIRUS; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DYSPNEA; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FEVER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALAISE; MALE; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

ADULT; AGED; CANADA; CHRONOLOGY; CONTACT TRACING; COUGH; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DYSPNEA; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

EID: 0013165966     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa030634     Document Type: Article

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