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Review
. 2004 Aug;33(4):628-34.
doi: 10.1093/ije/dyh198. Epub 2004 May 20.

Severe acute respiratory syndrome: review and lessons of the 2003 outbreak

Umesh D Parashar, Larry J Anderson
Review

Severe acute respiratory syndrome: review and lessons of the 2003 outbreak

Umesh D Parashar et al. Int J Epidemiol. 2004 Aug.
No abstract available

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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Chain of transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) among guests at Hotel M—Hong Kong, 2003 (Source: MMWR 2003;52:241–48). A represents the index patient (physician from Guandong Province) and B-J represent individual patients that were affected in the outbreak. HCW = health care worker(s)
Figure 2
Figure 2
Electron micrograph of SARS-associated coronavirus
See this image and copyright information in PMC

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