Why SARS will not return: A polemic

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 68-69

  Low, Donald E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; NOTE; SARS CORONAVIRUS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 1542306785     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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