Control measures for severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in Taiwan.

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Published in Emerg Infect Dis on June 01, 2003

Authors

Shiing-Jer Twu1, Tzay-Jinn Chen, Chien-Jen Chen, Sonja J Olsen, Long-Teng Lee, Tamara Fisk, Kwo-Hsiung Hsu, Shan-Chwen Chang, Kow-Tong Chen, I-Hsin Chiang, Yi-Chun Wu, Jiunn-Shyan Wu, Scott F Dowell

Author Affiliations

1: Taiwan Department of Health, Taipei, Taiwan.

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