Epidemiological and genetic correlates of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus infection in the hospital with the highest nosocomial infection rate in Taiwan in 2003

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 359-365

  Chen, Yi Ming Arthur ^a   Liang, Shu Yuan ^a   Shih, Yi Ping ^a   Chen, Chia Yen ^a   Lee, Yuan Ming ^a   Chang, Ling ^a   Jung, Shiao Ying ^b   Ho, Mei Shang ^c   Liang, Kung Yee ^d   Chen, Hour Young ^e   Chan, Yu Jiun ^f   Chu, Da Chen ^g  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Wanhua District Health Center   (Taiwan)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^e CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Taiwan)

^f TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^g TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ALLELE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEREDITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SARS CORONAVIRUS; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HLA-C ANTIGENS; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SARS VIRUS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; TAIWAN;

CORONAVIRUS; SARS CORONAVIRUS;

EID: 32344449457     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.44.2.359-365.2006     Document Type: Article

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