Infection Control and SARS Transmission among Healthcare Workers, Taiwan

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

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Publication date

May 2004

DOI

10.3201/eid1005.030777

Publisher

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Journal

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Abstract

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

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