Respiratory infections during SARS outbreak, Hong Kong, 2003

The effect of community hygienic measures during the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome in Hong Kong was studied by comparing the proportion of positive specimens of various respiratory viruses in 2003 with those from 1998 to 2002. Community hygienic measures significantly reduced the inc...

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Published in:Emerging infectious diseases 2005-11, Vol.11 (11), p.1738-1741
Main Authors: Lo, Janice Y C, Tsang, Thomas H F, Leung, Yiu-Hong, Yeung, Eugene Y H, Wu, Thomson, Lim, Wilina W L
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
community
Disease Outbreaks
Dispatch
effect
Epidemiology
Health aspects
Hong Kong - epidemiology
Humans
Hygiene
infection
Infection Control - methods
respiratory
Respiratory tract infections
Respiratory Tract Infections - complications
Respiratory Tract Infections - epidemiology
Respiratory Tract Infections - virology
SARS
SARS coronavirus
SARS Virus
Seasons
Severe acute respiratory syndrome
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome - complications
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome - epidemiology
Virus Diseases - complications
Virus Diseases - epidemiology
Virus Diseases - virology
Viruses - classification
Viruses - isolation & purification
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Summary:The effect of community hygienic measures during the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome in Hong Kong was studied by comparing the proportion of positive specimens of various respiratory viruses in 2003 with those from 1998 to 2002. Community hygienic measures significantly reduced the incidence of various respiratory viral infections.
ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid1111.050729