What have we learnt from SARS?

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 359, Issue 1447, 2004, Pages 1137-1140

  Weiss, Robin A ^a   McLean, Angela R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemics; Lessons; SARS; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

ANIMALIA; CORONAVIRUS;

EID: 3242660951     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2004.1487     Document Type: Conference Paper

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