Respiratory infections during SARS outbreak, Hong Kong, 2003.
The effect of community hygienic measures during the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome in Hong Kong was studied by comparing the proportion of positive specimens of various respiratory viruses in 2003 with those from 1998 to 2002. Community hygienic measures significantly reduced the incidence of various respiratory viral infections.
Lo
Janice Y C
JY
Virology Division, Public Health Laboratory Centre, Department of Health, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, 382 Nam Cheong Street, Shek Kip Mei, Kowloon, People's Republic of China.
Tsang
Thomas H F
TH
Leung
Yiu-Hong
YH
Yeung
Eugene Y H
EY
Wu
Thomson
T
Lim
Wilina W L
WW
D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D006723:Hong Kong / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D006920:Hygiene; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology; D045473:Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus; D012621:Seasons; D045169:Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology; D014780:Viruses / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification