Selected article for: "acute respiratory syndrome and large outbreak"

Author: Kang, Jun Sik; Jhun, Byung Woo; Yoon, Hee; Lim, Seong Mi; Ko, Eunsil; Park, Joo Hyun; Hwang, Sung Yeon; Lee, Se Uk; Lee, Tae Rim; Cha, Won Chul; Shin, Tae Gun; Sim, Min Seob; Jo, Ik Joon
Title: The Utility of Preliminary Patient Evaluation in a Febrile Respiratory Infectious Disease Unit outside the Emergency Department
  • Document date: 2017_7_3
  • ID: 0q2ky9gd_2
    Snippet: Acute respiratory illnesses are the leading cause of death from infectious diseases around the world, and occasional outbreaks of particularly virulent strains are potential public health disasters. In 2002, a few cases of a life-threatening respiratory disease caused by corona virus in China (3, 4) , ultimately resulted in a global epidemic of severe acute respiratory syndrome. Recently, a large outbreak of fatal Middle East respiratory syndrome.....
    Document: Acute respiratory illnesses are the leading cause of death from infectious diseases around the world, and occasional outbreaks of particularly virulent strains are potential public health disasters. In 2002, a few cases of a life-threatening respiratory disease caused by corona virus in China (3, 4) , ultimately resulted in a global epidemic of severe acute respiratory syndrome. Recently, a large outbreak of fatal Middle East respiratory syndrome-coronavirus (MERS-CoV) occurred following a single patient exposure in the emergency department (ED) of our institution, a tertiary-care hospital in Korea, which resulted in significant public health and economic burden (5, 6) .

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