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Evidence of Airborne Transmission of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Virus
Author(s) -
I. Yu,
Yuguo Li,
Tze Wai Wong,
Wilson Tam,
Andy Chan,
Joseph H.W. Lee,
Dennis Y.C. Leung,
Tommy Ho
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa032867
Subject(s) - outbreak , airborne transmission , apartment , environmental science , airflow , logistic regression , transmission (telecommunications) , meteorology , covid-19 , medicine , plume , environmental health , geography , virology , disease , engineering , mechanical engineering , civil engineering , electrical engineering , infectious disease (medical specialty)
There is uncertainty about the mode of transmission of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) virus. We analyzed the temporal and spatial distributions of cases in a large community outbreak of SARS in Hong Kong and examined the correlation of these data with the three-dimensional spread of a virus-laden aerosol plume that was modeled using studies of airflow dynamics.

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