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SUBMITTER: Xiao S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5519164 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Xiao Shenglan S Li Yuguo Y Wong Tze-Wai TW Hui David S C DSC
PloS one 20170720 7
The epidemic of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) had a significant effect on global society in the early 2000s and the potential of its resurgence exists. Studies on the modes of transmission of SARS are limited though a number of outbreak studies have revealed the possible airborne route. To develop more specific and effective control strategies, we conducted a detailed mechanism-based investigation that explored the role of fomite transmission in the well-known Ward 8A outbreak. We con ...[more]