Rapid awareness and transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome in Hanoi French Hospital, Vietnam

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 17-25

  Nishiura, Hiroshi ^b,f   Kuratsuji, Tadatoshi ^a   Quy, Tran ^c   Phi, Nguyen Chi ^c   Van Ban, Vo ^d   Ha, Le Dang ^c   Long, Hoang Thuy ^e   Yanai, Hideki ^f   Keicho, Naoto ^a   Kirikae, Teruo ^a   Sasazuki, Takehiko ^a   Anderson, Roy M ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c BACH MAI HOSPITAL   (Viet Nam)

^d Hanoi French Hospital   (Viet Nam)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Viet Nam)

^f RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TUBERCULOSIS   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FACE MASK; FEMALE; GLOVE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PROBABILITY; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; STOCHASTIC MODEL; TIME; VIET NAM; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 24644431988     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2005.73.17     Document Type: Article

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