Outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome in Southern Taiwan, 2003

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 423-427

  Lu, Sheng Nan ^a,b   Jiang, Donald Dah Shyong ^c   Liu, Jien Wei ^a,b   Lin, Meng Chih ^a,b   Chen, Chao Long ^a,b   Su, Ih Jen ^c   Chen, Shun Sheng ^a,b  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IMPORT DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SARS CORONAVIRUS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SYMPTOM; TAIWAN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROAT CULTURE; TRAVEL; VIRAL CONTAMINATION;

SARS CORONAVIRUS;

EID: 24644475240     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2005.73.423     Document Type: Article

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