Epidemiologic Clues to SARS Origin in China

An epidemic of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) began in Foshan municipality, Guangdong Province, China, in November 2002. We studied SARS case reports through April 30, 2003, including data from case investigations and a case series analysis of index cases. A total of 1,454 clinically confi...

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Main Authors:	Xu, Rui-Heng, He, Jian-Feng, Evans, Meirion R., Peng, Guo-Wen, Field, Hume E, Yu, De-Wen, Lee, Chin-Kei, Luo, Hui-Min, Lin, Wei-Sheng, Lin, Peng, Li, Ling-Hui, Liang, Wen-Jia, Lin, Jin-Yan, Schnur, Alan
Format:	Online
Language:	English
Published:	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2004
Online Access:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3323155/

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spelling	pubmed-33231552012-04-17 Epidemiologic Clues to SARS Origin in China Xu, Rui-Heng He, Jian-Feng Evans, Meirion R. Peng, Guo-Wen Field, Hume E Yu, De-Wen Lee, Chin-Kei Luo, Hui-Min Lin, Wei-Sheng Lin, Peng Li, Ling-Hui Liang, Wen-Jia Lin, Jin-Yan Schnur, Alan Research An epidemic of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) began in Foshan municipality, Guangdong Province, China, in November 2002. We studied SARS case reports through April 30, 2003, including data from case investigations and a case series analysis of index cases. A total of 1,454 clinically confirmed cases (and 55 deaths) occurred; the epidemic peak was in the first week of February 2003. Healthcare workers accounted for 24% of cases. Clinical signs and symptoms differed between children (<18 years) and older persons (>65 years). Several observations support the hypothesis of a wild animal origin for SARS. Cases apparently occurred independently in at least five different municipalities; early case-patients were more likely than later patients to report living near a produce market (odds ratio undefined; lower 95% confidence interval 2.39) but not near a farm; and 9 (39%) of 23 early patients, including 6 who lived or worked in Foshan, were food handlers with probable animal contact. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2004-06 /pmc/articles/PMC3323155/ /pubmed/15207054 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1006.030852 Text en
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author	Xu, Rui-Heng He, Jian-Feng Evans, Meirion R. Peng, Guo-Wen Field, Hume E Yu, De-Wen Lee, Chin-Kei Luo, Hui-Min Lin, Wei-Sheng Lin, Peng Li, Ling-Hui Liang, Wen-Jia Lin, Jin-Yan Schnur, Alan
spellingShingle	Xu, Rui-Heng He, Jian-Feng Evans, Meirion R. Peng, Guo-Wen Field, Hume E Yu, De-Wen Lee, Chin-Kei Luo, Hui-Min Lin, Wei-Sheng Lin, Peng Li, Ling-Hui Liang, Wen-Jia Lin, Jin-Yan Schnur, Alan Epidemiologic Clues to SARS Origin in China
author_facet	Xu, Rui-Heng He, Jian-Feng Evans, Meirion R. Peng, Guo-Wen Field, Hume E Yu, De-Wen Lee, Chin-Kei Luo, Hui-Min Lin, Wei-Sheng Lin, Peng Li, Ling-Hui Liang, Wen-Jia Lin, Jin-Yan Schnur, Alan
author_sort	Xu, Rui-Heng
title	Epidemiologic Clues to SARS Origin in China
title_short	Epidemiologic Clues to SARS Origin in China
title_full	Epidemiologic Clues to SARS Origin in China
title_fullStr	Epidemiologic Clues to SARS Origin in China
title_full_unstemmed	Epidemiologic Clues to SARS Origin in China
title_sort	epidemiologic clues to sars origin in china
description	An epidemic of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) began in Foshan municipality, Guangdong Province, China, in November 2002. We studied SARS case reports through April 30, 2003, including data from case investigations and a case series analysis of index cases. A total of 1,454 clinically confirmed cases (and 55 deaths) occurred; the epidemic peak was in the first week of February 2003. Healthcare workers accounted for 24% of cases. Clinical signs and symptoms differed between children (<18 years) and older persons (>65 years). Several observations support the hypothesis of a wild animal origin for SARS. Cases apparently occurred independently in at least five different municipalities; early case-patients were more likely than later patients to report living near a produce market (odds ratio undefined; lower 95% confidence interval 2.39) but not near a farm; and 9 (39%) of 23 early patients, including 6 who lived or worked in Foshan, were food handlers with probable animal contact.
publisher	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
publishDate	2004
url	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3323155/
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Epidemiologic Clues to SARS Origin in China

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