Lack of SARS Transmission among Public Hospital Workers, Vietnam

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 265-268

  Ha, Le Dang ^a,b   Bloom, Sharon A ^c,i   Hien, Nguyen Quang ^b   Maloney, Susan A ^c   Mai, Le Quynh ^d   Leitmeyer, Katrin C ^e   Anh, Bach Huy ^f   Reynolds, Mary G ^c   Montgomery, Joel M ^c   Comer, James A ^c   Horby, Peter W ^g   Plant, Aileen J ^h  

^a Institute for Clinical Research in Tropical Medicine   (Viet Nam)

^b BACH MAI HOSPITAL   (Viet Nam)

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

^d National Institute for Hygiene and Epidemiology   (Viet Nam)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^f HANOI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^g WHO   (Viet Nam)

^h CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

ⁱ CENTERS FOR DIS CONTR AND PREV   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SARS CORONAVIRUS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; VIET NAM;

EID: 10744232618     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1002.030707     Document Type: Article

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