Infection Control and SARS Transmission among Healthcare Workers, Taiwan

Infection Control and SARS Transmission among Healthcare Workers, Taiwan

Yee-Chun Chen, Pei-Jer Chen, Shan-Chwen Chang, Chiang-Lian Kao, Shiou-Hwa Wang, Lihua Wang, Pan-Chyr Yang

This study found infrequent transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) coronavirus to healthcare workers involved in the care of the first five case-patients in Taiwan, despite a substantial number of unprotected exposures. Nonetheless, given that SARS has been highly transmissible on some occasions, we still recommend strict precautions.

2004

infection control measures, serologic assays, SARS-CoV, Taiwan

DOI: 10.3201/eid1005.030777

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Infectious and parasitic diseases, Medicine

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