Epidemiological determinants of spread of causal agent of severe acute respiratory syndrome in Hong Kong

Lancet

Volumn 361, Issue 9371, 2003, Pages 1761-1766

  Donnelly, Christl A ^a   Ghani, Azra C ^a   Leung, Gabriel M ^b   Hedley, Anthony J ^b   Fraser, Christophe ^a   Riley, Steven ^a   Abu Raddad, Laith J ^a   Ho, Lai Ming ^b   Thach, Thuan Quoc ^b   Chau, Patsy ^b   Chan, King Pan ^b   Lam, Tai Hing ^b   Tse, Lai Yin ^d   Tsang, Thomas ^d   Liu, Shao Haei ^d   Kong, James H B ^d   Lau, Edith M C ^c   Ferguson, Neil M ^a   Anderson, Roy M ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DATA BASE; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FATALITY; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; INFECTION CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038024613     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(03)13410-1     Document Type: Article

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