Coordinated response to SARS, Vancouver, Canada

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 155-158

  Skowronski, Danuta M ^a   Petric, Martin ^a   Daly, Patricia ^b   Parker, Robert A ^c   Bryce, Elizabeth ^b   Doyle, Patrick W ^b   Noble, Michael A ^b   Roscoe, Diane L ^b   Tomblin, Joan ^d   Yang, Tung C ^e   Krajden, Mel ^a   Patrick, David M ^a   Pourbohloul, Babak ^a   Swee, Han Goh ^a   Bowie, William R ^f   Booth, Tim F ^g   Tweed, S Aleina ^a   Perry, Thomas L ^b   McGeer, Allison ^h   Brunham, Robert C ^a  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

^b VANCOUVER COASTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^c FRASER HEALTH AUTHORITY   (Canada)

^d ROYAL COLUMBIAN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^g PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^h MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NONHUMAN; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 31344435316     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1201.050327     Document Type: Article

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