Evidence of Airborne Transmission of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Virus

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 350, Issue 17, 2004, Pages 1731-1739

  Yu, Ignatius T S ^a,c   Li, Yuguo ^b   Wong, Tze Wai ^a   Tam, Wilson ^a   Chan, Andy T ^b   Lee, Joseph H W ^b   Leung, Dennis Y C ^b   Ho, Tommy ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIRBORNE INFECTION; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; BUILDING; EPIDEMIC; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PLUME DISPERSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARS CORONAVIRUS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

AEROSOLS; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HONG KONG; HOUSING; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RHEOLOGY; RISK FACTORS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SOFTWARE; VENTILATION;

EID: 1942467995     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa032867     Document Type: Article

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