Hong Kong Training Portal on
Infection Control and Infectious Disease

Epidemiology

• Using models to identify routes of nosocomial infection: a large hospital outbreak of SARS in Hong Kong. (2007 Mar 7)
• Different epidemic curves for severe acute respiratory syndrome reveal similar impacts of control measures. (2004 Sep 15)
• A cluster of cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome in Hong Kong. (2003 May 15)
• Epidemiological determinants of spread of causal agent of severe acute respiratory syndrome in Hong Kong. (2003 May 24)
• Transmission dynamics and control of severe acute respiratory syndrome. (2003 Jun 20)

Microbiology

• Identification of a novel coronavirus in patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome. (2003 May 15)
• A novel coronavirus associated with severe acute respiratory syndrome. (2003 May 15)
• Coronavirus as a possible cause of severe acute respiratory syndrome. (2003 Apr 19)
• Identification of severe acute respiratory syndrome in Canada. (2003 May 15)

Clinical Information and Management

• SARS: systematic review of treatment effects. (2006 Sep 12)
• Severe acute respiratory syndrome. (2004 Nov 30)
• Medical treatment of viral pneumonia including SARS in immunocompetent adult. (2004 Nov 1)
• The severe acute respiratory syndrome. (2003 Dec 18).
• A major outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome in Hong Kong. (2003 May 15)
• Clinical presentations and outcome of severe acute respiratory syndrome in children. (2003 May 17)
• Lung pathology of fatal severe acute respiratory syndrome. (2003 May 24)
• Enteric involvement of severe acute respiratory syndrome-associated coronavirus infection. (2003 Oct)
• Short term outcome and risk factors for adverse clinical outcomes in adults with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). (2003 Aug 1)

Infection Control

• Evidence of airborne transmission of the severe acute respiratory syndrome virus. (2004 Apr 22)
• Advisors of Expert SARS group of Hospital Authority. Effectiveness of precautions against droplets and contact in prevention of nosocomial transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). (2003 May 3)
• Development of a standard treatment protocol for severe acute respiratory syndrome. (2003 May 10)
• Treatment of SARS with human interferons. (2003 Jul 26).
• Glycyrrhizin, an active component of liquorice roots, and replication of SARS-associated coronavirus. (2003 Jun 14)