Duration and distance of exposure are important predictors of transmission among community contacts of Ontario SARS cases

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 135, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 914-921

  Rea, E ^a,e   Lafleche J ^a   Stalker, S ^b   Guarda, B K ^c   Shapiro, H ^d   Johnson, I ^e   Bondy, S J ^e   Upshur, R ^e   Russell, M L ^f   Eliasziw, M ^f  

^a TORONTO PUBLIC HEALTH   (Canada)

^b York Region Health Services   (Canada)

^c Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit Ontario   (Canada)

^d Region of Peel   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; COMMUNITY LIVING; DISEASE DURATION; EPIDEMIC; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; RISK FACTORS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34748837200     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268806007771     Document Type: Article

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