Confronting SARS: A view from Hong Kong

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 359, Issue 1447, 2004, Pages 1075-1079

  Peiris, J S M ^a   Guan, Y ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Emerging infections; Influenza; Laboratory diagnosis; Pneumonia; SARS

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; INFLUENZA; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG;

EID: 3242731375     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2004.1482     Document Type: Conference Paper

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