Unexplained Deaths and Critical Illnesses of Suspected Infectious Cause, Taiwan, 2000–2005

We report 5 years’ surveillance data from the Taiwan Centers for Disease Control on unexplained deaths and critical illnesses suspected of being caused by infection. A total of 130 cases were reported; the incidence rate was 0.12 per 100,000 person-years; and infectious causes were identified for 81...

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Autores principales: Wang, Tsung-Hsi, Wei, Kuo-Chen, Jiang, Donald Dah-Shyong, Chiu, Chan-Hsian, Chang, Shan-Chwen, Wang, Jung-Der
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Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2609874/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18826839
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1410.061587
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author Wang, Tsung-Hsi
Wei, Kuo-Chen
Jiang, Donald Dah-Shyong
Chiu, Chan-Hsian
Chang, Shan-Chwen
Wang, Jung-Der
author_facet Wang, Tsung-Hsi
Wei, Kuo-Chen
Jiang, Donald Dah-Shyong
Chiu, Chan-Hsian
Chang, Shan-Chwen
Wang, Jung-Der
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description We report 5 years’ surveillance data from the Taiwan Centers for Disease Control on unexplained deaths and critical illnesses suspected of being caused by infection. A total of 130 cases were reported; the incidence rate was 0.12 per 100,000 person-years; and infectious causes were identified for 81 cases (62%).
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spelling pubmed-26098742009-01-13 Unexplained Deaths and Critical Illnesses of Suspected Infectious Cause, Taiwan, 2000–2005 Wang, Tsung-Hsi Wei, Kuo-Chen Jiang, Donald Dah-Shyong Chiu, Chan-Hsian Chang, Shan-Chwen Wang, Jung-Der Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch We report 5 years’ surveillance data from the Taiwan Centers for Disease Control on unexplained deaths and critical illnesses suspected of being caused by infection. A total of 130 cases were reported; the incidence rate was 0.12 per 100,000 person-years; and infectious causes were identified for 81 cases (62%). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2008-10 /pmc/articles/PMC2609874/ /pubmed/18826839 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1410.061587 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
spellingShingle Dispatch
Wang, Tsung-Hsi
Wei, Kuo-Chen
Jiang, Donald Dah-Shyong
Chiu, Chan-Hsian
Chang, Shan-Chwen
Wang, Jung-Der
Unexplained Deaths and Critical Illnesses of Suspected Infectious Cause, Taiwan, 2000–2005
title Unexplained Deaths and Critical Illnesses of Suspected Infectious Cause, Taiwan, 2000–2005
title_full Unexplained Deaths and Critical Illnesses of Suspected Infectious Cause, Taiwan, 2000–2005
title_fullStr Unexplained Deaths and Critical Illnesses of Suspected Infectious Cause, Taiwan, 2000–2005
title_full_unstemmed Unexplained Deaths and Critical Illnesses of Suspected Infectious Cause, Taiwan, 2000–2005
title_short Unexplained Deaths and Critical Illnesses of Suspected Infectious Cause, Taiwan, 2000–2005
title_sort unexplained deaths and critical illnesses of suspected infectious cause, taiwan, 2000–2005
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2609874/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18826839
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1410.061587
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