SARS in Hospital Emergency Room

SARS in Hospital Emergency Room

Thirty-one cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) occurred after exposure in the emergency room at the National Taiwan University Hospital. The index patient was linked to an outbreak at a nearby municipal hospital. Three clusters were identified over a 3-week period. The first cluster (5...

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Main Authors: Yee-Chun Chen, Li-Min Huang, Chang-Chuan Chan, Chan-Ping Su, Shan-Chwen Chang, Ying-Ying Chang, Mei-Ling Chen, Chien-Ching Hung, Wen-Jone Chen, Fang-Yue Lin, Yuan-Teh Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2004-05-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Severe acute respiratory syndrome
healthcare workers
environmental contamination
real-time reverse transcriptase–polymerase chain reaction
Taiwan
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/10/5/03-0579_article

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