Emerging Infectious Diseases (Feb 2004)

Body Temperature Monitoring and SARS Fever Hotline, Taiwan

  • S. Cornelia Kaydos-Daniels,
  • Babatunde Olowokure,
  • Hong-Jen Chang,
  • Rachel S. Barwick,
  • Jou-Fang Deng,
  • Ming-Liang Lee,
  • Steve Hsu-Sung Kuo,
  • Ih-Jen Su,
  • Kow-Tong Chen,
  • Susan A. Maloney

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1002.030748
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 2
pp. 373 – 376

Abstract

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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.

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