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Investigation of a nosocomial outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in Toronto, Canada

Monali Varia, Samantha Wilson, Shelly Sarwal, Allison McGeer, Effie Gournis, Eleni Galanis, Bonnie Henry for and ; The Hospital Outbreak Investigation Team
CMAJ August 19, 2003 169 (4) 285-292;
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vol. 169 no. 4 285-292
PubMed 
12925421
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  • Published online August 18, 2003.
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  1. Monali Varia,
  2. Samantha Wilson,
  3. Shelly Sarwal,
  4. Allison McGeer,
  5. Effie Gournis,
  6. Eleni Galanis,
  7. Bonnie Henry for,
  8. The Hospital Outbreak Investigation Team
  1. From the Canadian Field Epidemiology Program, Health Canada, Ottawa Ont. (Varia, Wilson, Sarwal, Galanis); Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ont. (McGeer); and Toronto Public Health, Toronto, Ont. (Gournis, Henry).Additional members of the Hospital Outbreak Investigation Team: Sheela Basrur, Michael Finkelstein, Faron Kolbe, Anna Miranda, Margaret Mulholland, Marjolyn Pritchard, Rita Shahin, Sharron Stone and Barbara Yaffe, Toronto Public Health, Toronto, Ont.; Linda Davis, Sandy Finkelstein, Grant Large and David Rose, Scarborough Hospital, Toronto, Ont.; Adrienne Chan, Donald Low, Matthew Muller and Elizabeth Rea, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Arlene King, Jeannette Macey and Theresa Tam, Division of Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Health Canada, Ottawa Ont.; Karen Green and Margaret McArthur, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ont.; Erika Bontovics and Colin D'Cunha, Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, Toronto, Ont.; James Young, Ontario Ministry of Public Safety and Security, Toronto, Ont.; and Marianne Ofner, Blood Safety Surveillance and Health Care Acquired Infections Division, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ont.
  1. Correspondence to:
    Dr. Bonnie Henry, Toronto Public Health, 277 Victoria St., Toronto ON M5B 1W2
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