Development and experience with an algorithm to evaluate suspected smallpox cases in the United States, 2002-2004

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1477-1483

  Seward, Jane F ^a   Galil, K ^a,d   Damon, I ^b   Norton, S A ^c   Rotz, L ^b   Schmid, S ^b   Harpaz, R ^a   Cono, J ^b   Marin, M ^a   Hutchins, S ^a   Chaves, S S ^a   McCauley, M M ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DIS CONTR AND PREV   (United States)

^b NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Cubist Pharmaceutical   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CHICKENPOX; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSULTATION; EVALUATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMALLPOX; SMALLPOX VIRUS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SMALLPOX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 8744285833     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/425500     Document Type: Review

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