Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jun 2003)

Control Measures for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in Taiwan

  • Shiing-Jer Twu,
  • 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

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid0906.030283
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 6
pp. 718 – 720

Abstract

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As of April 14, 2003, Taiwan had had 23 probable cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), all imported. Taiwan isolated these first 23 patients with probable SARS in negative-pressure rooms; extensive personal protective equipment was used for healthcare workers and visitors. For the first 6 weeks of the SARS outbreak, recognized spread was limited to one healthcare worker and three household contacts.

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