Severe acute respiratory syndrome: Clinical outcome after inpatient outbreak of SARS in Singapore

Abstract

EDITOR—When an outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) was first reported in Singapore, drastic measures were taken, including the closure of schools and hospitals. Such measures were deemed necessary as important epidemiological data on transmission dynamics and infectivity rates of the SARS virus were largely unknown. Early reports indicated a highly contagious infective agent, …