SARS transmission, risk factors, and prevention in Hong Kong

SARS transmission, risk factors, and prevention in Hong Kong

We analyzed information obtained from 1,192 patients with probable severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) reported in Hong Kong. Among them, 26.6% were hospital workers, 16.1% were members of the same household as SARS patients and had probable secondary infections, 14.3% were Amoy Gardens residen...

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Veröffentlicht in:Emerging infectious diseases 2004-04, Vol.10 (4), p.587-592
Hauptverfasser: Lau, Joseph T F, Tsui, Hiyi, Lau, Mason, Yang, Xilin
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Case-Control Studies
Chinese
Hong Kong
Hong Kong - epidemiology
Humans
Multivariate Analysis
Risk Factors
SARS
SARS coronavirus
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome - etiology
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome - prevention & control
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome - transmission
source
transmission
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Zusammenfassung:We analyzed information obtained from 1,192 patients with probable severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) reported in Hong Kong. Among them, 26.6% were hospital workers, 16.1% were members of the same household as SARS patients and had probable secondary infections, 14.3% were Amoy Gardens residents, 4.9% were inpatients, and 9.9% were contacts of SARS patients who were not family members. The remaining 347 case-patients (29.1%) had undefined sources of infection. Excluding those
ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid1004.030628