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Why Did Outbreaks of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Occur in Some Hospital Wards but Not in Others?

Author(s) -

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

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/512819

Subject(s) - medicine , odds ratio , logistic regression , outbreak , confidence interval , emergency medicine , severe acute respiratory syndrome , medical record , pediatrics , covid-19 , disease , virology , infectious disease (medical specialty)

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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