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| | CDC - Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome–associated Coronavirus Infection (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03) |
 | | The outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) at the Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, began on March 10, 2003 (1,2). |
 | | Prince of Wales is a 1,350-bed teaching hospital with 3,711 employees, of whom 12% are physicians, 36% nurses, 11% allied health workers, and the remainder, administrative and ancillary staff. |
 | | Although these participants were working in our hospital when a large number of patients with SARS were staying there, vigilant infection-control measures had been in place since the outbreak was recognized (9). |
| www.cdc.gov /ncidod/EID/vol9no11/03-0421.htm (1444 words) |
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