Control Measures for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in Taiwan
subject: dispatch, Pneumonia, prevention, SARS, Taiwan
description: As of April 14, 2003, Taiwan had had 23 probable cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), all imported. Taiwan isolated these first 23 patients with probable SARS in negative-pressure rooms; extensive personal protective equipment was used for healthcare workers and visitors. For the first 6 weeks of the SARS outbreak, recognized spread was limited to one healthcare worker and three household contacts.
creator: Shiing-Jer Twu, Tzay-Jinn Chen, Chien-Jen Chen, Sonja J. Olsen, Long-Teng Lee, Tamara Fisk, Kwo-Hsiung Hsu, Shan-Chwen Chang, Kow-Tong Chen, I-Hsin Chiang, Yi-Chun Wu, Jiunn-Shyan Wu, Scott F. Dowell
source: Emerging Infectious Diseases
publisher: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
date: 2003
language: EN
identifier: DOI: 10.3201/eid0906.030283
coverage: Infectious and parasitic diseases, Medicine