Why Did Outbreaks of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Occur in Some Hospital Wards but Not in Others?
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Why did outbreaks of severe acute respiratory syndrome occur in some hospital wards but not in others?
BACKGROUND Most documented "superspreading events" of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) occurred in hospitals, but the underlying causes remain unclear. We systematically analyzed the risk factors for nosocomial outbreaks of SARS among hospital wards in Guangzhou and Hong Kong, China. METHODS A case-control study was conducted. Case wards were hospital wards in which superspreading eve...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Infectious Diseases
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1058-4838,1537-6591
DOI: 10.1086/512819