Respiratory infections during SARS Outbreak, Hong Kong, 2003

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1738-1741

  Lo, Janice Y C ^a   Tsang, Thomas H F ^a   Leung, Yiu Hong ^a   Yeung, Eugene Y H ^a   Wu, Thomson ^a   Lim, Wilina W L ^a,b  

^a Department of Health ^*  (Hong Kong)

^b Public Health Laboratory Center   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; FACE MASK; HAND WASHING; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PERSONAL HYGIENE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SARS CORONAVIRUS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; URBAN HYGIENE; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 27744608904     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1111.050729     Document Type: Article

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