Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in Singapore: Clinical Features of Index Patient and Initial Contacts

Hsu, Li-Yang; Lee, Cheng-Chuan; Green, Justin A.; Ang, Brenda; Paton, Nicholas I.; Lee, Lawrence; Villacian, Jorge S.; Lim, Poh-Lian; Earnest, Arul; Leo, Yee-Sin

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Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in Singapore: Clinical Features of Index Patient and Initial Contacts

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Jun 2003
By Hsu, Li-Yang ; Lee, Cheng-Chuan ; Green, Justin A. ; ...

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Emerg Infect Dis
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Hsu, Li-Yang ; Lee, Cheng-Chuan ; Green, Justin A. ; Ang, Brenda ; Paton, Nicholas I. ; Lee, Lawrence ; Villacian, Jorge S. ; Lim, Poh-Lian ; Earnest, Arul ; Leo, Yee-Sin
Description:

Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is an emerging viral infectious disease. One of the largest outbreaks of SARS to date began in Singapore in March 2003. We describe the clinical, laboratory, and radiologic features of the index patient and the patient's initial contacts affected with probable SARS.
Subjects:

Adult Communicable Diseases, Emerging Coronavirus Cough Cross Infection Dispatch Female Fever Humans Sars Sars Virus Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Singapore Treatment Outcome
Source:

Emerg Infect Dis. 9(6):713-717.
Document Type:

Journal Article
Volume:

9
Issue:

6
Collection(s):

Emerging Infectious Diseases
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