Control Measures for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in Taiwan

Control Measures for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in Taiwan

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

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.

2003

dispatch, Pneumonia, prevention, SARS, Taiwan

DOI: 10.3201/eid0906.030283

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Infectious and parasitic diseases, Medicine

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