The threat of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 91-94

  Kissoon, Niranjan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CLARITHROMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID; LEVOFLOXACIN; OSELTAMIVIR; OXYGEN; RIBAVIRIN;

ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER TOXICITY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OXYGEN THERAPY; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SORE THROAT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TOURISM; TRAVEL; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS;

CANADA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT ISOLATION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SARS VIRUS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; TAIWAN;

EID: 0041385963     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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