Possible role of an animal vector in the SARS outbreak at Amoy Gardens

Lancet

Volumn 362, Issue 9383, 2003, Pages 570-572

  Ng, Stephen K C ^a,b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b Power Industrial Building   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS VECTOR;

ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; CORONAVIRUS; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE COURSE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; HONG KONG; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INCUBATION TIME; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SARS CORONAVIRUS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SURVIVAL TIME; VIRUS SURVIVAL; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0042658289     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(03)14121-9     Document Type: Note

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