The SARS outbreak in a general hospital in Tianjin, China: Clinical aspects and risk factors for disease outcome

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 14, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages 60-70

  Wei, Mao Ti ^a,b   De Vlas, Sake J ^c   Yang, Zhen ^b   Borsboom, Gerard J J M ^c   Wang, Lihong ^b   Li, Haiying ^b   Li, Yuming ^b   Zhang, Zhilun ^d   Richardus, Jan Hendrik ^c   Wang, Shi Xin ^b,e  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (China)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF CHINESE PEOPLE'S ARMED POLICE FORCES   (China)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d SHENZHEN CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^e Dong Li Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

China; Haematology; Hospitaloutbreak; Protective materials; Severe acute respiratory syndrome

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH WORKER; HEMATOLOGY; HOSPITAL SECTOR; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONLINEARITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CONTROL; EPIDEMIC; FATALITY; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEUTROPHIL; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHINA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTES; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TIANJIN;

EID: 70350675984     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2009.02347.x     Document Type: Article

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