Asymptomatic SARS coronavirus infection among healthcare workers, Singapore

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1142-1145

  Wilder Smith, Annelies ^a   Teleman, Monica D ^a   Heng, Bee H ^b   Earnest, Arul ^a   Ling, Ai E ^c   Leo, Yee S ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL HEALTHCARE GROUP   (Singapore)

^c SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONAVIRUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PATIENT CARE; SEROLOGY; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SINGAPORE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 21144457148     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1107.041165     Document Type: Article

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