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  SARS Article Listings
   
  Editorial Articles about SARS
   
  Summaries of Selected Journal Articles
   
  PubMed Search
  From the National Library of Medicine has included a preset search for SARS information in it's database. The listing updates itself automatically as articles are added to the index.
   
  Kamps & Hoffmann's SARS Reference 2003 in PDF format.
  Free to download (3rd edition October 17, 2003; 170 pages, 1.7MB).
   
  SARS citation listing (PDF format)
  A comprehensive list of articles pertaining to SARS not covered in Pubmed/Medline. Databases used are Cinahl, EMBASE and Biosis Previews. Listed alphabetically by author in PDF format. Current as of November 17, 2003.
   
  SARS Committee Reports
   
  Journal Websites
   

Article Listings

 Risk of transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome to household contacts by infected health care workers and patients. [4/15/2004]
Chan LY. Wong JT. Li PK. Lui SF. Fung H. Sung J. Risk of transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome to household contacts by infected health care workers and patients. American Journal of Medicine. 116(8):559-60, 2004 Apr 15.
  
 Transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome in an emergency department. [4/1/2004]
Ooi SB. Tambyah PA. Transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome in an emergency department. American Journal of Medicine. 116(7):486-9, 2004 Apr 1
  
 The impact of the SARS epidemic on the utilization of medical services: SARS and the fear of SARS. [4/1/2004]
Chang HJ. Huang N. Lee CH. Hsu YJ. Hsieh CJ. Chou YJ. The impact of the SARS epidemic on the utilization of medical services: SARS and the fear of SARS. American Journal of Public Health. 94(4):562-4, 2004 Apr.
  
 Ocular screening in severe acute respiratory syndrome [4/1/2004]
Yuen KS. Chan WM. Fan DS. Chong KK. Sung JJ. Lam DS. Ocular screening in severe acute respiratory syndrome. American Journal of Ophthalmology. 137(4):773-4, 2004 Apr.
  
 Prior infection and passive transfer of neutralizing antibody prevent replication of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus in the respiratory tract of mice. [4/1/2004]
Subbarao K. McAuliffe J. Vogel L. Fahle G. Fischer S. Tatti K. Packard M. Shieh WJ. Zaki S. Murphy B. Prior infection and passive transfer of neutralizing antibody prevent replication of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus in the respiratory tract of mice. Journal of Virology. 78(7):3572-7, 2004 Apr
  
 Consideration of highly active antiretroviral therapy in the prevention and treatment of severe acute respiratory syndrome. [4/1/2004]
Chen XP. Cao Y. Consideration of highly active antiretroviral therapy in the prevention and treatment of severe acute respiratory syndrome. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 38(7):1030-2, 2004 Apr 1.
  
 A DNA vaccine induces SARS coronavirus neutralization and protective immunity in mice. [4/1/2004]
Yang ZY. Kong WP. Huang Y. Roberts A. Murphy BR. Subbarao K. Nabel GJ. A DNA vaccine induces SARS coronavirus neutralization and protective immunity in mice. Nature. 428(6982):561-4, 2004 Apr 1.
  

Editorial Articles

  The Diagnosis and Management of SARS
An editorial article by Dr. S.M. Poutanen and Dr. D.E. Low
   
  SARS Treatment In Context
An editorial article by Matthew P. Muller, MD, FRCPC
   

Article Summaries

  Airline Transmission of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
Original article written by Sonja J. Olsen et al.
Article summarized by Dr. Otto Vanderkooi.
   
  Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
Original article written by Joseph S.M. Peiris et al.
Article summarized by Dr. Matthew P. Muller.
   
  Accuracy of clinical diagnosis versus the World Health Organization case definition in the Amoy Garden SARS cohort
Original article written by W.N. Wong et al.
Article summarized by Dr. Jeff Powis.
   

Journal Websites

  PubMed
Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ)
New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM)
Clinical Infectious Diseases (CID)
  Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID)
 
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