Why Did Outbreaks of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Occur in Some Hospital Wards but Not in Others?
Clinical Infectious Diseases2007Vol. 44(8), pp. 1017–1025
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I. Yu, Zeyang Xie, Kelvin Tsoi, Yuk Lan Chiu, Sarah Wing Yan Lok, Xiaoping Tang, David S.C. Hui, Nelson Lee, Yinghua Li, Zhitong Huang, T. Liu, T W Wong, Nan Zhong, Joseph J.�Y. Sung
Abstract
Background. Most documented "superspreading events" of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) occurred in hospitals, but the underlying causes remain unclear. We systematically analyzed the risk factors for nosocomial outbreaks of SARS among hospital wards in Guangzhou and Hong Kong, China.
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