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JAMA. 2003;289:2930-2932.

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MMWR. 2003;52:461-466

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On April 22, 2003, the Taiwan Department of Health (DOH) was notified of seven cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) among health-care workers (HCWs) at a large municipal hospital in Taipei (hospital A). Subsequent cases at eight hospitals have been associated with exposures at hospital A. Previously, all reported cases had been associated with persons recently returning to Taiwan from SARS-affected regions. This report summarizes epidemiologic findings of the outbreak in Taiwan and describes the impact of health-care–associated transmission of SARS.

As of May 22, a total of 483 probable cases had been reported. All probable SARS patients were hospitalized; 84 (17%) had been discharged, and 60 (12%) had died. The median age of probable SARS patients was 43 years (range: 9 months–91 years); 341 (71%) cases were from Taipei City and Taipei County, the largest metropolitan region of the island. The . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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