SARS outbreaks in Ontario, Hong Kong and Singapore: The role of diagnosis and isolation as a control mechanism

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 224, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-8

  Chowell, G ^a,b   Fenimore, P W ^a   Castillo Garsow, M A ^c   Castillo Chavez, C ^a,b  

^a CENTER FOR NONLINEAR STUDIES   (United States)

^b Warren Hall ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE COLIMA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Outbreak; SARS; SEIJR

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; SARS;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CELL HETEROGENEITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; EXPOSURE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA VIRUS; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATION; PATIENT CARE; POPULATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SINGAPORE; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

CANADA; CHINA; HONG KONG; ONTARIO; SINGAPORE;

EID: 0042168643     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5193(03)00228-5     Document Type: Article

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