title: Body temperature monitoring and SARS fever hotline, Taiwan.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: West Virginia Bureau for Public Health, Infectious Disease Epidemiology Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Charleston, 25301, USA. sqk3@cdc.gov
authors.forename: S Cornelia
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Kaydos-Daniels
authors.forename: Babatunde
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Olowokure
authors.forename: Hong-Jen
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Rachel S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Barwick
authors.forename: Jou-Fang
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Deng
authors.forename: Ming-Liang
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Steve Hsu-Sung
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Kuo
authors.forename: Ih-Jen
authors.initials: IJ
authors.lastname: Su
authors.forename: Kow-Tong
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Susan E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Maloney
mesh_terms: 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