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Article: Studies from Health Protection Agency provide new data on severe acute respiratory syndrome epidemiology.

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November 4, 2009
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A new study, 'Transmission of SARS in three Chinese hospitals,' is now available. According to a study from London, the United Kingdom, "To quantify the transmissibility of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in hospitals in mainland China and to assess the effectiveness of control measures. We report key epidemiological details of three major hospital outbreaks of SARS in mainland China, and estimate the evolution of the effective reproduction number in each of the three hospitals during the course of the outbreaks."

"The three successive hospital outbreaks infected 41, 99 and 91 people of whom 37%, 60% and 70% were hospital staff. These cases resulted in ...

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