A comparative epidemiologic analysis of SARS in Hong Kong, Beijing and Taiwan

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Lau, Eric H Y ^a   Hsiung, C Agnes ^b   Cowling, Benjamin J ^a   Chen, Chang Hsun ^c   Ho, Lai Ming ^a   Tsang, Thomas ^d   Chang, Chiu Wen ^c   Donnelly, Christl A ^e   Leung, Gabriel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^c CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Taiwan)

^d DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Hong Kong)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIC; FATALITY; GENDER; GENOTYPE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; TAIWAN; ADOLESCENT; AGE; AGED; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951147148     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-10-50     Document Type: Article

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