| risk factors for sars infection within hospitals in hanoi, vietnam. | we investigated a nosocomial infection of severe acute respiratory syndrome (sars) in vietnam in 2003 and attempted to identify risk factors for sars infection. of the 146 subjects who came into contact with sars patients at hospital a, 43 (29.5%) developed sars, and an additional 16 (11%) were asymptomatic but sars-coronavirus (cov) seropositive. the asymptomatic infection rate accounted for 15.5% of the total number of infected patients at hospital a, which was higher than that of 6.5% observe ... | 2008 | 18806349 |
| rapid awareness and transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome in hanoi french hospital, vietnam. | a case-control study was conducted to examine the relationship between severe acute respiratory syndrome (sars) and the time-dependent precautionary behaviors taken during an outbreak of sars in hanoi french hospital (hfh), vietnam. masks (odds ratio [or] = 0.3; 95% confidence interval [ci]: 0.1, 0.7) and gowns (or = 0.2; 95% ci: 0.0, 0.8) appeared to prevent sars transmission. the proportion of doctors and nurses who undertook each measure significantly improved (chi(2) = 9.8551, p = 0.043) aft ... | 2005 | 16014825 |
| introduction of sars in france, march-april, 2003. | we describe severe acute respiratory syndrome (sars) in france. patients meeting the world health organization definition of a suspected case underwent a clinical, radiologic, and biologic assessment at the closest university-affiliated infectious disease ward. suspected cases were immediately reported to the institut de veille sanitaire. probable case-patients were isolated, their contacts quarantined at home, and were followed for 10 days after exposure. five probable cases occurred from march ... | 2004 | 15030682 |
| factors associated with nosocomial sars-cov transmission among healthcare workers in hanoi, vietnam, 2003. | in march of 2003, an outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (sars) occurred in northern vietnam. this outbreak began when a traveler arriving from hong kong sought medical care at a small hospital (hospital a) in hanoi, initiating a serious and substantial transmission event within the hospital, and subsequent limited spread within the community. | 2006 | 16907978 |