Using models to identify routes of nosocomial infection: A large hospital outbreak of SARS in Hong Kong

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 274, Issue 1610, 2007, Pages 611-618

  Kin, On Kwok ^a   Leung, Gabriel M ^a   Wai, Yee Lam ^b   Riley, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mathematical modelling; Nosocomial; Severe acute respiratory syndrome

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ESTIMATION METHOD; HOSPITAL SECTOR; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; VALIDATION PROCESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HOSPITAL; RISK FACTOR; THEORETICAL MODEL;

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

CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HONG KONG; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RISK FACTORS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

EID: 33947532268     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2006.0026     Document Type: Article

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