Transmission dynamics of the etiological agent of SARS in Hong Kong: Impact of public health interventions

Science

Volumn 300, Issue 5627, 2003, Pages 1961-1966

  Riley, Steven ^a   Fraser, Christophe ^a   Donnelly, Christl A ^a   Ghani, Azra C ^a   Abu Raddad, Laith J ^a   Hedley, Anthony J ^b   Leung, Gabriel M ^b   Ho, Lai Ming ^b   Lam, Tai Hing ^b   Thach, Thuan Q ^b   Chau, Patsy ^b   Chan, King Pan ^b   Lo, Su Vui ^c   Leung, Pak Yin ^c   Tsang, Thomas ^c   Ho, William ^d   Lee, Koon Hung ^d   Lau, Edith M C ^e   Ferguson, Neil M ^a   Anderson, Roy M ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Hong Kong)

^d HOSPITAL AUTHORITY   (Hong Kong)

^e CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; PULMONARY DISEASES; RANDOM PROCESSES;

ETIOLOGICAL AGENTS;

HEALTH RISKS;

DISEASE SPREAD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

ARTICLE; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CORONAVIRUS; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SARS CORONAVIRUS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; STOCHASTIC MODEL; VIRUS PNEUMONIA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTACT TRACING; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HONG KONG; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PATIENT ISOLATION; PROBABILITY; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; QUARANTINE; SARS VIRUS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; WORLD HEALTH;

CHINA;

CORONAVIRUS; RNA VIRUSES; SARS CORONAVIRUS;

EID: 12444260277     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1086478     Document Type: Article

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