Role of fomites in SARS transmission during the largest hospital outbreak in Hong Kong

PLoS ONE

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2017, Pages

  Xiao, Shenglan ^a   Li, Yuguo ^a   Wong, Tze wai ^b   Hui, David S C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL STRATEGY; FOMITE; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL; INFECTION RISK; MODEL; NONHUMAN; SARS CORONAVIRUS; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CROSS INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; MALE; MUCOSA; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RISK; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; TOUCH; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

AIR;

ADULT; AIR; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOMITES; HONG KONG; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; NURSES; PHYSICIANS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RISK; SARS VIRUS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; TOUCH;

EID: 85024832930     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0181558     Document Type: Article

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