| Severe acute respiratory syndrome and coronavirus. | |
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PMID: 20674795 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a highly infectious disease with a significant morbidity and mortality. Respiratory failure is the major complication, and patients may progress to acute respiratory distress syndrome. Health care workers are particularly vulnerable to SARS. SARS has the potential of being converted from droplet to airborne transmission. There is currently no proven effective treatment of SARS, so early recognition, isolation, and stringent infection control are the key to controlling this highly contagious disease. Horseshoe bats are implicated in the emergence of novel coronavirus infection in humans. Further studies are needed to examine host genetic markers that may predict clinical outcome. |
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Authors:
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David S C Hui; Paul K S Chan |
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Type: Case Reports; Journal Article; Review |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Infectious disease clinics of North America Volume: 24 ISSN: 1557-9824 ISO Abbreviation: Infect. Dis. Clin. North Am. Publication Date: 2010 Sep |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2010-08-02 Completed Date: 2010-11-10 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 8804508 Medline TA: Infect Dis Clin North Am Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 619-38 Citation Subset: IM |
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Copyright 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. |
Affiliation:
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Division of Respiratory Medicine, Stanley Ho Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, China. dschui@cuhk.edu.hk |
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Animals Antiviral Agents / therapeutic use Communicable Diseases, Emerging / epidemiology, virology Disease Outbreaks* Humans Immunologic Factors / therapeutic use Immunotherapy / methods Male Middle Aged SARS Virus / classification, isolation & purification* Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / drug therapy, epidemiology*, mortality, virology* |
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0/Antiviral Agents; 0/Immunologic Factors |
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