Patient Data, Early SARS Epidemic, Taiwan
Of the first 10 patients in the epidemic of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in Taiwan, 4 were closely associated with a SARS patient in an airplane. Loose stools or diarrhea, hemophagocytosis syndrome, and high serum levels of interleukin (IL)-6, IL-8, and tumor necrosis factor-α associated with lung lesions were found in all 10 patients.
Po-Ren Hsueh, Pei-Jer Chen, Cheng-Hsiang Hsiao, Shiou-Huei Yeh, Wen-Chen Cheng, Jiun-Ling Wang, Bor-Luen Chiang, Shan-Chwen Chang, Feng-Yee Chang, Wing-Wai Wong, Chuan-Liang Kao, Pan-Chyr Yang
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Infectious and parasitic diseases, Medicine