The SARS outbreak in a general hospital in Tianjin, China - The case of super-spreader

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 134, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 786-791

  Wang, Sh X ^a   Li, Y M ^a   Sun, B C ^b   Zhang, S W ^a   Zhao, W H ^b   Wei, M T ^a   Chen, K X ^b   Zhao, X L ^b   Zhang, Z L ^c   Krahn, M ^d   Cheung, A C ^d   Wang, P P ^b,e  

^a Hospital of CPAPF Medical College   (China)

^b TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c TIANJIN CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^e MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FATALITY; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SARS CORONAVIRUS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHINA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; CONTACT TRACING; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

EID: 33745559037     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095026880500556X     Document Type: Article

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