Epidemiological Characteristics of an Outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome in Dongcheng District of Beijing from March to May 2003

Biomedical and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 305-313

  Liang, Wan Nian ^a,d   Huang, Yong ^b   Zhou, Wan Xin ^b   Qiao, Lei ^b   Huang, Jian Hui ^c   Wu, Zheng Lai ^a  

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^b Environmental Protection Bureau of Dongcheng District   (China)

^c Dongcheng Dist Ctr Dis Contr P   (China)

^d CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Beijing; Dongcheng District; Epidemiology; Health care workers (HCWs); Outbreak; SARS coronavirus (SARS Co V); Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY DETECTION; CHINA; COMMON COLD; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FATALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEASLES; MEDICAL RECORD; PNEUMONIA; REVIEW; RUBELLA; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HONG KONG; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; TRAVEL; URBAN POPULATION;

SARS CORONAVIRUS;

EID: 0347916890     PISSN: 08953988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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