Healthcare Worker Seroconversion in SARS Outbreak

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 249-250

  Chow, Pierce K H ^a   Ooi, Eng Eong ^b   Tan, Hiang Khoon ^a   Ong, Kong Wee ^a   Sil, Bijon Kumar ^b   Teo, Melissa ^a   Ng, Timothy ^c   Soo, Khee Chee ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (Singapore)

^c GENOME INSTITUTE OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NONHUMAN; SEROCONVERSION; SERUM; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

EID: 0842282541     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1002.030397     Document Type: Article

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