SARS Clinical Features, United States, 2003

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Srikantiah, Padmini ; Charles, Myrna D. ; Reagan, Sarah ; Clark, Thomas A. ; Pletz, Mathias W.R. ; Patel, Priti R. ; Hoekstra, Robert M. ; Lingappa, Jairam ; Jernigan, John A. ; Fischer, Marc
• Corporate Authors:
  for the CDC SARS Clinical Investigation Team
• Description:
  We compared the clinical features of 8 U.S. case-patients with laboratory-confirmed severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) to 65 controls who tested negative for SARS coronavirus (SARS-CoV) infection. Shortness of breath, vomiting, diarrhea, progressive bilateral infiltrates on chest radiograph, and need for supplemental oxygen were significantly associated with confirmed SARS-CoV infection.
• Subjects:
  Adult Communicable Diseases, Emerging Disease Outbreaks Dispatch Female Humans Male Middle Aged SARS Virus Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 11(1):135-138.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  11
• Issue:
  1
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:48e5c37b5b3ca5b2c23fc1ef018f1c76ac931cfbb0df13547818659438d49632
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/7814/cdc_7814_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 181.25 KB ]