Colonization of severe acute respiratory syndrome-associated coronavirus among health-care workers screened by nasopharyngeal swab

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Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 95-101

  Ho, Hsin Tsung ^b   Chang, Mau Sun ^b   Wei, Tsai Yin ^b   Hsieh, Wen Shyang ^b   Hung, Chia Chien ^b   Yang, Huei Mei ^b   Lu, Yen Ta ^a  

^a MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Immunology infection; Nosocomial infection; Viral disease

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; NASOPHARYNX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SARS CORONAVIRUS; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROCONVERSION; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TAIWAN;

EID: 33144487476     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.129.1.95     Document Type: Article

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