Public health implications of using various case definitions in The Netherlands during the worldwide SARS outbreak

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1214-1220

  Timen, Aura ^a   van Doornum, G J J ^b   Schutten, M ^b   Conyn van Spaendonck, M A E ^a   van der Meer, J W M ^c   Osterhaus, A D M E ^b   van Steenbergen, J E ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Assessment; Case definition; Management; Public health threats; Risk assessment; SARS

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; VIRUS CULTURE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 33751089053     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2006.01552.x     Document Type: Article

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