Late Recognition of SARS in Nosocomial Outbreak, Toronto

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Wong, Thomas ; Wallington, Tamara ; McDonald, L. Clifford ; Abbas, Zahid ; Christian, Michael ; Low, Donald E. ; Gravel, Denise ; Ofner, Marianna ; Mederski, Barbara ; Berger, Lisa ; Hansen, Lisa ; Harrison, Cheryl ; King, Arlene ; Yaffe, Barbara ; Tam, Theresa
• Description:
  Late recognition of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) was associated with no known SARS contact, hospitalization before the nosocomial outbreak was recognized, symptom onset while hospitalized, wards with SARS clusters, and postoperative status. SARS is difficult to recognize in hospitalized patients with a variety of underlying conditions in the absence of epidemiologic links.
• Subjects:
  Aged Cohort Studies Cross Infection Disease Outbreaks Dispatch Female Humans Male Middle Aged Retrospective Studies Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction RNA, Viral SARS Virus Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 11(2):322-325.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ontario, Canada
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  11
• Issue:
  2
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:5405e7e95b0c105c66e5bda5b197337ed089cbd4257e63605b7e33847275d3b5
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/7816/cdc_7816_DS1.pdf
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