Body Temperature Monitoring and SARS Fever Hotline, Taiwan

In Taiwan, a temperature-monitoring campaign and hotline for severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) fever were implemented in June 2003. Among 1,966 calls, fever was recorded in 19% (n = 378); 18 persons at high risk for SARS were identified. In a cross-sectional telephone survey, 95% (n = 1,060)...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Kaydos-Daniels, S. Cornelia, Olowokure, Babatunde, Chang, Hong-Jen, Barwick, Rachel S., Deng, Jou-Fang, Lee, Ming-Liang, Kuo, Steve Hsu-Sung, Su, Ih-Jen, Chen, Kow-Tong, Maloney, Susan A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2004
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3322900/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15030716
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1002.030748
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Sumario:In Taiwan, a temperature-monitoring campaign and hotline for severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) fever were implemented in June 2003. Among 1,966 calls, fever was recorded in 19% (n = 378); 18 persons at high risk for SARS were identified. In a cross-sectional telephone survey, 95% (n = 1,060) of households knew about the campaign and 7 households reported fever.

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