Initial viral load and the outcomes of SARS

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 171, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1349-1352

  Chu, Chung Ming ^a   Poon, Leo L M ^b   Cheng, Vincent C C ^b   Chan, Kin Sang ^a   Hung, Ivan F N ^b   Wong, Maureen M L ^c   Chan, Kwok Hung ^b   Leung, Wah Shing ^a   Tang, Bone S F ^b   Chan, Veronica L ^a   Ng, Woon Leung ^a   Sim, Tiong Chee ^a   Ng, Ping Wing ^a   Law, Kin Ip ^a   Tse, Doris M W ^c   Peiris, Joseph S M ^b   Yuen, Kwok Yung ^b  

^a UNITED CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c Caritas Medical Centre Hong Kong   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NASOPHARYNX; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SARS CORONAVIRUS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SURVIVAL; THROAT CULTURE; VIRUS LOAD;

EID: 9644265365     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.1040398     Document Type: Article

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