Patient data, early SARS epidemic, Taiwan

Emerg Infect Dis. 2004 Mar;10(3):489-93. doi: 10.3201/eid1003.030571.

Abstract

Of the first 10 patients in the epidemic of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in Taiwan, 4 were closely associated with a SARS patient in an airplane. Loose stools or diarrhea, hemophagocytosis syndrome, and high serum levels of interleukin (IL)-6, IL-8, and tumor necrosis factor-a associated with lung lesions were found in all 10 patients.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Communicable Diseases, Emerging / drug therapy
  • Communicable Diseases, Emerging / physiopathology
  • Communicable Diseases, Emerging / transmission*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lung / pathology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / drug therapy
  • Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / physiopathology
  • Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / transmission*
  • Taiwan
  • Travel