Epidemiology and cause of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in Guangdong, People's Republic of China, in February, 2003

NS Zhong; BJ Zheng; YM Li; Leo L. M. Poon; ZH Xie; KH Chan; Philip H. Li; SY Tan; Qing Chang; JP Xie; XQ Liu; Jun Xu; DX Li; Kwok‐Yung Yuen; Malik Peiris; Yi Guan

doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(03)14630-2

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OutbreakEpidemiologySerologyVirologyCoronavirusMedicinePneumoniaAtypical pneumoniaVirusSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)DiseaseSevere acute respiratory syndromeImmunologyCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)AntibodyInfectious disease (medical specialty)Internal medicine

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Year: 2003
Type: article
Volume: 362
Issue: 9393
Pages: 1353-1358
Citations: 1613
Access: Closed

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                                    NS Zhong, 
                                
                                    BJ Zheng, 
                                
                                    YM Li
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2003). 
                            Epidemiology and cause of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in Guangdong, People's Republic of China, in February, 2003. 
                            The Lancet
                            , 362
                            (9393)
                            , 1353-1358.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(03)14630-2
                        

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DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(03)14630-2
PMID: 14585636
PMCID: 7112415

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