Superspreading SARS Events, Beijing, 2003

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 256-260

  Shen, Zhuang ^a   Ning, Fang ^a   Zhou, Weigong ^b,c   He, Xiong ^a   Lin, Changying ^a   Chin, Daniel P ^b   Zhu, Zonghan ^d   Schuchat, Anne ^b,c,e  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d Beijing Joint SARS Expert Group   (China)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIC; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

EID: 0842304207     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1002.030732     Document Type: Article

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