Detection of Airborne Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) Coronavirus and Environmental Contamination in SARS Outbreak Units

Booth, T.; Kournikakis, B.; Bastien, N.; Ho, J.; Kobasa, D.; Stadnyk, L.; Li, Yan; Spence, M.; Paton, S.; Henry, B.; Mederski, B.; White, D.; Low, D.; McGeer, A.; Simor, A.; Vearncombe, M.; Downey, J.; Jamieson, F.; Tang, P.; Plummer, F.

doi:10.1086/429634

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Detection of Airborne Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) Coronavirus and Environmental Contamination in SARS Outbreak Units

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Authors:

T. Booth

B. Kournikakis

N. Bastien

Abstract

Abstract Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is characterized by a risk of nosocomial transmission; however, the risk of airborne transmission of SARS is unknown. During the Toronto outbreaks of SARS, we investigated environmental contamination in SARS units, by employing novel air sampling and...

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Medicine

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