Update: Outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome -Worldwide, 2003

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 241-248

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ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTICLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CORONAVIRUS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DYSPNEA; EPIDEMIC; FEVER; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HEALTH; HONG KONG; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; PNEUMONIA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; TAIWAN; THAILAND; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES; VIET NAM; VIROLOGY;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; CONTACT TRACING; CORONAVIRUS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DYSPNEA; FEVER; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HONG KONG; HUMANS; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; TAIWAN; THAILAND; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES; VIETNAM; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 1542563379     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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