Risk Factors for SARS among Persons without Known Contact with SARS Patients, Beijing, China

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 210-216

  Wu, Jiang ^a   Xu, Fujie ^b,c   Zhou, Weigong ^b,c   Feikin, Daniel R ^b,c   Lin, Chang Ying ^a   He, Xiong ^a   Zhu, Zonghan ^d   Liang, Wannian ^d,e   Chin, Daniel P ^b   Schuchat, Anne ^b,c,f  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

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

^d Beijing Municipal Health Bureau   (China)

^e Beijing Joint SARS Expert Group   (China)

^f NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHINA; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 10744233068     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1002.030730     Document Type: Article

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