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| | CDC - Lack of SARS Transmission among Public Hospital Workers, Vietnam |
 | | The SARS outbreak in Vietnam began with the admission of a traveler from Hong Kong on February 26, 2003, to hospital A, a 56-bed, three-story, privately owned and expatriate-operated facility located in Hanoi. |
 | | Within 2 weeks, extensive nosocomial transmission of SARS occurred in workers, patients, and visitors in hospital A. On March 12, hospital A was closed to new admissions except for sick hospital A workers. |
 | | If SARS viral shedding peaks on day 10 of illness and continues for 2–3 weeks (2), we can assume that some of the hospital B patients were still infectious during their hospitalization. |
| www.cdc.gov /ncidod/EID/vol10no2/03-0707.htm (2252 words) |
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