Introduction of SARS in France, March-April, 2003

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 195-200

  Desenclos, Jean Claude ^a   Van Der Werf, Sylvie ^b   Bonmarin, Isabelle ^a   Levy Bruhl, Daniel ^a   Yazdanpanah, Yazdan ^c   Hoen, Bruno ^d   Emmanuelli, Julien ^a   Lesens, Olivier ^e   Dupon, Michel ^f   Natali, François ^g   Michelet, Christian ^h   Reynes, Jacques ⁱ   Guery, Benoit ^c   Larsen, Christine ^a   Semaille, Caroline ^a   Mouton, Yves ^c   Christmann, Daniel ^e   André, Michel ^g   Escriou, Nicolas ^b   Burguière, Anna ^b   Manuguerra, Jean Claude ^b   Coignard, Bruno ^a   Lepoutre, Agnés ^a   Meffre, Christine ^a   Bitar, Dounia ^a   Decludt, Bénédicte ^a   Capek, Isabelle ^a   Antona, Denise ^a   Che, Didier ^a   Herida, Magid ^a   Infuso, Andréa ^a   Saura, Christine ^a   Brücker, Gilles ^a   Hubert, Bruno ^j   LeGoff, Dominique ^k   Scheidegger, Suzanne ^l   more..

^a INSTITUT DE VEILLE SANITAIRE   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE TOURCOING   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF BESANÇON   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

^f BORDEAUX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^g HÔPITAL D'INSTRUCTION DES ARMÉES ROBERT PICQUÉ   (France)

^h RENNES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

ⁱ MONTPELLIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^j Cell Inter Reg d'Epidemiol Ouest   (France)

^k DDASS du Finistére   (France)

^l DDASS du Doubs   (France)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PATIENT CARE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SARS CORONAVIRUS; SEROLOGY; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRAVEL; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 10744222736     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1002.030351     Document Type: Article

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