Clinical and epidemiological predictors of transmission in Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Chen, Mark I C ^a   Chow, Angela L P ^b   Earnest, Arul ^a   Leong, Hoe Nam ^c   Leo, Yee Sin ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Singapore)

^c SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; OXYGEN;

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPNEA; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTION RISK; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VOMITING;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ISOLATION; RISK FACTORS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SINGAPORE;

EID: 33750433928     PISSN: 14712334     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-6-151     Document Type: Article

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