Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in Singapore: Clinical Features of Index Patient and Initial Contacts

摘要

Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is anemerging viral infectious disease. One of the largest out-breaks of SARS to date began in Singapore in March 2003.We describe the clinical, laboratory, and radiologic featuresof the index patient and the patient's initial contacts affect-ed with probable SARS