アモイ・ガーデンでのSARSの発生における動物のベクトルの可能性のある役割

Stephen K C Ng1

  • 1Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York City, USA. skcng@hotmail.com

Lancet (London, England)
|August 23, 2003
PubMed
まとめ

香港での重症急性呼吸器症候群 (SARS) の大規模な発生は,呼吸器のドロップレットを超えた新しい伝播経路を示唆しています. 研究者は,動物のベクター,おそらく屋根のネズミが,ウイルスを増幅して拡散した可能性があると提案しています.

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