SARS and Common Viral Infections

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Louie, Janice K. ; Hacker, Jill K. ; Mark, Jennifer ; Gavali, Shilpa S. ; Yagi, Shigeo ; Espinosa, Alex ; Schnurr, David P. ; Cossen, Cynthia K. ; Isaacson, Erin R. ; Glaser, Carol A. ; Fischer, Marc ; Reingold, Arthur L. ; Vugia, Duc J.
• Corporate Authors:
  for the Unexplained Deaths ; Critical Illnesses Working Group
• Description:
  In California, molecular testing was useful in decreasing suspicion for severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), by detecting common respiratory pathogens (influenza A/B, human metapneumovirus, picornavirus, Mycoplasma pneumoniae, Chlamydia spp., parainfluenza virus, respiratory syncytial virus, and adenovirus) in 23 (45%) of 51 patients with suspected SARS and 9 (47%) of 19 patients with probable SARS.
• Subjects:
  Antibodies, Viral Dispatch Humans Respiratory Tract Infections Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction Rna, Viral Sars Virus Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Virus Diseases
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 10(6):1143-1146.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  10
• Issue:
  6
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:f424e977d68d6caf69ba5417c02eb8c4de58131da0c9e512cb37c2b16e0280cf
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/7764/cdc_7764_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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