Certainties and Uncertainties Facing Emerging Respiratory Infectious Diseases: Lessons from SARS

Every emerging infectious disease is a challenge to the whole of mankind. There are uncertainties regarding whether there will be a pandemic, if it will be caused by the highly pathogenic H5N1 influenza virus, when or where it will occur, how imminent or how severe it will be. No one can accurately...

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Main Authors: Yee-Chun Chen, Shan-Chwen Chang, Keh-Sung Tsai, Fang-Yue Lin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2008-06-01
Series:Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0929664608601503