Epidemiology and cause of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in Guangdong, People's Republic of China, in February, 2003

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Volumn 362, Issue 9393, 2003, Pages 1353-1358

  Zhong, N S ^a   Zheng, B J ^b   Li, Y M ^a   Poon, L L M ^b   Xie, Z H ^a   Chan, K H ^b   Li, P H ^b   Tan, S Y ^c   Chang, Q ^a   Xie, J P ^d   Liu, X Q ^a   Xu, J ^a   Li, D X ^c   Yuen, K Y ^b   Peiris, J S M ^b   Guan, Y ^b  

^a GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c GUANGZHOU CHEST HOSPITAL   (China)

^d Children's Hospital of Guangzhou   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; CORONAVIRUS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SARS CORONAVIRUS; SEROLOGY; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; VIRUS ISOLATION;

EID: 10744228014     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(03)14630-2     Document Type: Article

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