Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, Beijing, 2003

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Liang, Wannian ; Zhu, Zonghan ; Guo, Jiyong ; Liu, Zejun ; He, Xiong ; Zhou, Weigong ; Chin, Daniel P. ; Schuchat, Anne
• Corporate Authors:
  for the Beijing Joint SARS Expert Group
• Description:
  The largest outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) struck Beijing in spring 2003. Multiple importations of SARS to Beijing initiated transmission in several healthcare facilities. Beijing's outbreak began March 5; by late April, daily hospital admissions for SARS exceeded 100 for several days; 2,521 cases of probable SARS occurred. Attack rates were highest in those 20-39 years of age; 1% of cases occurred in children <10 years. The case-fatality rate was highest among patients >65 years (27.7% vs. 4.8% for those 20-64 years, p < 0.001). Healthcare workers accounted for 16% of probable cases. The proportion of case-patients without known contact to a SARS patient increased significantly in May. Implementation of early detection, isolation, contact tracing, quarantine, triage of case-patients to designated SARS hospitals, and community mobilization ended the outbreak.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Aged Age Distribution Child Child, Preschool Communicable Diseases, Emerging Disease Outbreaks Female Humans Infant Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional Male Middle Aged Research Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 10(1):25-31.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  China
• Location:
  Asia
• Volume:
  10
• Issue:
  1
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:590876d77235fa1cfc24c1b0adac6cf059f7f9c73dd02ff1f45867eed5ba4487
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/14432/cdc_14432_DS1.pdf
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