Why Did Outbreaks of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Occur in Some Hospital Wards but Not in Others?

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Authors

I. Yu · National Centre for Infectious Diseases

Zeyang Xie · State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease

Kelvin Tsoi · National Centre for Infectious Diseases

Yuk Lan Chiu · National Centre for Infectious Diseases

Sarah Wing Yan Lok · National Centre for Infectious Diseases

Xiaoping Tang · Twelfth Guangzhou City People's Hospital

David S.C. Hui

Abstract

Background. Most documented "superspreading events" of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) occurred in hospitals, but the underlying causes remain unclear. We systematically analyzed the risk factors for nosocomial outbreaks of SARS among hospital wards in Guangzhou and Hong Kong, China.

Topics & Keywords

Infection Control and Ventilation COVID-19 and Mental Health COVID-19 and healthcare impacts

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volume 44, Issue 8, pp. 1017-1025

DOI: 10.1086/512819

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