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Article: Environmental factors on the SARS epidemic: Air temperature, passage of time and multiplicative effect of hospital infection

TitleEnvironmental factors on the SARS epidemic: Air temperature, passage of time and multiplicative effect of hospital infection
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Issue Date2006
PublisherCambridge University Press. The Journal's web site is located at http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=HYG
Citation
Epidemiology And Infection, 2006, v. 134 n. 2, p. 223-230 How to Cite?
AbstractThe study sought to identify factors involved in the emergence, prevention and elimination of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in Hong Kong during 11 March to 22 May 2003. A structured multiphase regression analysis was used to estimate the potential effects of weather, time and interaction effect of hospital infection. In days with a lower air temperature during the epidemic, the risk of increased daily incidence of SARS was 18.18-fold (95% confidence interval 5.6-58.8) higher than in days with a higher temperature. The total daily new cases might naturally decrease by an average of 2.8 patients for every 10 days during the epidemic. The multiplicative effect of infected hospital staff with patients in an intensive care unit (ICU) and the proportion of SARS patients in ICUs might respectively increase the risk of a larger SARS epidemic in the community. The provision of protective gear in hospitals was also a very important factor for the prevention of SARS infection. SARS transmission appeared to be dependent on seasonal temperature changes and the multiplicative effect of hospital infection. SARS also appeared to retreat naturally over time. © 2005 Cambridge University Press.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/46934
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2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.830
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dc.contributor.authorLin, Ken_HK
dc.contributor.authorFong, DYKen_HK
dc.contributor.authorZhu, Ben_HK
dc.contributor.authorKarlberg, Jen_HK
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dc.date.available2007-10-30T07:01:40Z-
dc.date.issued2006en_HK
dc.identifier.citationEpidemiology And Infection, 2006, v. 134 n. 2, p. 223-230en_HK
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dc.description.abstractThe study sought to identify factors involved in the emergence, prevention and elimination of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in Hong Kong during 11 March to 22 May 2003. A structured multiphase regression analysis was used to estimate the potential effects of weather, time and interaction effect of hospital infection. In days with a lower air temperature during the epidemic, the risk of increased daily incidence of SARS was 18.18-fold (95% confidence interval 5.6-58.8) higher than in days with a higher temperature. The total daily new cases might naturally decrease by an average of 2.8 patients for every 10 days during the epidemic. The multiplicative effect of infected hospital staff with patients in an intensive care unit (ICU) and the proportion of SARS patients in ICUs might respectively increase the risk of a larger SARS epidemic in the community. The provision of protective gear in hospitals was also a very important factor for the prevention of SARS infection. SARS transmission appeared to be dependent on seasonal temperature changes and the multiplicative effect of hospital infection. SARS also appeared to retreat naturally over time. © 2005 Cambridge University Press.en_HK
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dc.rightsEpidemiology and Infection. Copyright © Cambridge University Press.en_HK
dc.subject.meshDisease Outbreaksen_HK
dc.subject.meshSevere Acute Respiratory Syndrome - epidemiology - prevention & control - transmissionen_HK
dc.subject.meshTemperatureen_HK
dc.subject.meshIntensive Care Unitsen_HK
dc.subject.meshRetrospective Studiesen_HK
dc.titleEnvironmental factors on the SARS epidemic: Air temperature, passage of time and multiplicative effect of hospital infectionen_HK
dc.typeArticleen_HK
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dc.identifier.emailFong, DYK: dytfong@hku.hken_HK
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