Patient data, early SARS epidemic, Taiwan.
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Of the first 10 patients in the epidemic of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in Taiwan, 4 were closely associated with a SARS patient in an airplane. Loose stools or diarrhea, hemophagocytosis syndrome, and high serum levels of interleukin (IL)-6, IL-8, and tumor necrosis factor-a associated with lung lesions were found in all 10 patients.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Emerging infectious diseases
دوره 10 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2004