Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in Singapore: Clinical Features of Index Patient and Initial Contacts

Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is an emerging viral infectious disease. One of the largest outbreaks of SARS to date began in Singapore in March 2003. We describe the clinical, laboratory, and radiologic features of the index patient and the patient’s initial contacts affected with probabl...

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Autores principales: Hsu, Li-Yang, Lee, Cheng-Chuan, Green, Justin A., Ang, Brenda, Paton, Nicholas I., Lee, Lawrence, Villacian, Jorge S., Lim, Poh-Lian, Earnest, Arul, Leo, Yee-Sin
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2003
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3000162/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12781012
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0906.030264
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author Hsu, Li-Yang
Lee, Cheng-Chuan
Green, Justin A.
Ang, Brenda
Paton, Nicholas I.
Lee, Lawrence
Villacian, Jorge S.
Lim, Poh-Lian
Earnest, Arul
Leo, Yee-Sin
author_facet Hsu, Li-Yang
Lee, Cheng-Chuan
Green, Justin A.
Ang, Brenda
Paton, Nicholas I.
Lee, Lawrence
Villacian, Jorge S.
Lim, Poh-Lian
Earnest, Arul
Leo, Yee-Sin
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description Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is an emerging viral infectious disease. One of the largest outbreaks of SARS to date began in Singapore in March 2003. We describe the clinical, laboratory, and radiologic features of the index patient and the patient’s initial contacts affected with probable SARS.
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spelling pubmed-30001622010-12-16 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in Singapore: Clinical Features of Index Patient and Initial Contacts Hsu, Li-Yang Lee, Cheng-Chuan Green, Justin A. Ang, Brenda Paton, Nicholas I. Lee, Lawrence Villacian, Jorge S. Lim, Poh-Lian Earnest, Arul Leo, Yee-Sin Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is an emerging viral infectious disease. One of the largest outbreaks of SARS to date began in Singapore in March 2003. We describe the clinical, laboratory, and radiologic features of the index patient and the patient’s initial contacts affected with probable SARS. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2003-06 /pmc/articles/PMC3000162/ /pubmed/12781012 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0906.030264 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
Hsu, Li-Yang
Lee, Cheng-Chuan
Green, Justin A.
Ang, Brenda
Paton, Nicholas I.
Lee, Lawrence
Villacian, Jorge S.
Lim, Poh-Lian
Earnest, Arul
Leo, Yee-Sin
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in Singapore: Clinical Features of Index Patient and Initial Contacts
title Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in Singapore: Clinical Features of Index Patient and Initial Contacts
title_full Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in Singapore: Clinical Features of Index Patient and Initial Contacts
title_fullStr Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in Singapore: Clinical Features of Index Patient and Initial Contacts
title_full_unstemmed Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in Singapore: Clinical Features of Index Patient and Initial Contacts
title_short Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in Singapore: Clinical Features of Index Patient and Initial Contacts
title_sort severe acute respiratory syndrome (sars) in singapore: clinical features of index patient and initial contacts
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3000162/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12781012
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0906.030264
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