SARS in Healthcare Facilities, Toronto and Taiwan

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 777-781

  McDonald, L Clifford ^a   Simor, Andrew E ^b   Su, Ih Jen ^c   Maloney, Susan ^a   Ofner, Marianna ^d   Chen, Kow Tong ^c   Lando, James F ^a   McGeer, Allison ^e   Lee, Min Ling ^c   Jernigan, Daniel B ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Taiwan)

^d HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^e MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIC; EXPOSURE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; TAIWAN;

EID: 2342419426     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1005.030791     Document Type: Review

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