Combining Clinical and Epidemiologic Features for Early Recognition of SARS

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 327-333

  Jernigan, John A ^a,c   Low, Donald E ^b   Helfand, Rita F ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Mailstop E68 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMONIA; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SARS CORONAVIRUS; SCREENING; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0842325723     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1002.030741     Document Type: Review

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