Body temperature monitoring and SARS fever hotline, Taiwan

Emerg Infect Dis. 2004 Feb;10(2):373-6. doi: 10.3201/eid1002.030748.

Abstract

In Taiwan, a temperature-monitoring campaign and hotline for severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) fever were implemented in June 2003. Among 1,966 calls, fever was recorded in 19% (n = 378); 18 persons at high risk for SARS were identified. In a cross-sectional telephone survey, 95% (n = 1,060) of households knew about the campaign and 7 households reported fever.

MeSH terms

  • Body Temperature
  • Community Health Services
  • Community Participation
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Data Collection
  • Fever / epidemiology*
  • Hotlines*
  • Humans
  • Population Surveillance
  • Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / diagnosis*
  • Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / epidemiology*
  • Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / physiopathology
  • Taiwan / epidemiology