Probable Secondary Infections in Households of SARS Patients in Hong Kong

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 235-243

  Lau, Joseph T F ^a,c   Lau, Mason ^a   Kim, Jean H ^a   Wong, Eric ^a   Tsui, Hi Yi ^a   Tsang, Thomas ^b   Wong, Tze Wai ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Department of Health ^*  (Hong Kong)

^c and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HONG KONG; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SUPERINFECTION;

EID: 0842304210     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1002.030626     Document Type: Article

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