Body temperature monitoring and SARS fever hotline, Taiwan.
In Taiwan, a temperature-monitoring campaign and hotline for severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) fever were implemented in June 2003. Among 1,966 calls, fever was recorded in 19% (n = 378); 18 persons at high risk for SARS were identified. In a cross-sectional telephone survey, 95% (n = 1,060) of households knew about the campaign and 7 households reported fever.
Kaydos-Daniels
S Cornelia
SC
West Virginia Bureau for Public Health, Infectious Disease Epidemiology Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Charleston, 25301, USA. sqk3@cdc.gov
Olowokure
Babatunde
B
Chang
Hong-Jen
HJ
Barwick
Rachel S
RS
Deng
Jou-Fang
JF
Lee
Ming-Liang
ML
Kuo
Steve Hsu-Sung
SH
Su
Ih-Jen
IJ
Chen
Kow-Tong
KT
Maloney
Susan E
SE
D001831:Body Temperature; D003153:Community Health Services; D003256:Community Participation; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003625:Data Collection; D005334:Fever / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015277:Hotlines; D006801:Humans; D011159:Population Surveillance; D045169:Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D013624:Taiwan / Q000453:epidemiology