Spatial dynamics of an epidemic of severe acute respiratory syndrome in an urban area

• Main Authors: Jinfeng Wang (Author), Anthony J McMichael (Author), Bin Meng (Author), Niels G Becker (Author), Weiguo Han (Author), Kathryn Glass (Author), Jilei Wu (Author), Xuhua Liu (Author), Jiyuan Liu (Author), Xiaowen Li (Author), Xiaoying Zheng (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The World Health Organization.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: To map risk of exposure to severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in an urban area and assess the ability of traditional interventions to control dispersion of the disease. METHODS: Data on the Beijing SARS epidemic were used to map spatial clusters of identified contacts and to estimat...