Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

Introduction of SARS in France, March–April, 2003

Jean-Claude Desenclos*

, Sylvie van der Werf†, Isabelle Bonmarin*, Daniel Levy-Bruhl*, Yazdan Yazdanpanah‡, Bruno Hoen§, Julien Emmanuelli*, Olivier Lesens¶, Michel Dupon#, François Natali**, Christian Michelet††, Jacques Reynes‡‡, Benoit Guery‡, Christine Larsen*, Caroline Semaille*, Yves Mouton‡, Daniel Christmann¶, Michel André**, Nicolas Escriou†, Anna Burguière†, Jean-Claude Manuguerra†, Bruno Coignard*, Agnés Lepoutre*, Christine Meffre*, Dounia Bitar*, Bénédicte Decludt*, Isabelle Capek*, Denise Antona*, Didier Che*, Magid Herida*, Andréa Infuso*, Christine Saura*, Gilles Brücker*, Bruno Hubert§§, Dominique LeGoff¶¶, and Suzanne Scheidegger##

Author affiliations: *Institut de Veille Sanitaire, France; †Institut Pasteur, France; ‡Centre Hospitalier de Tourcoing, France; §Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) de Besançon, Besançon, France; ¶CHU de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France; #CHU de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France; **Hôpital d’Instruction des Armées, Brest, France; ††CHU de Rennes, Rennes, France; ‡‡CHU de Montpellier, Montpellier, France; §§Cellule Inter-Régionale d’Epidémiologie Ouest, Rennes, France; ¶¶Direction Départementale de l’Action Sanitaire et Sociale (DDASS) du Finistére, Rennes, France; ##DDASS du Doubs, Besançon, France

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Figure 1. Cases of SARS, by date of onset and exposure, laboratory results and type of exposures, France, March-April, 2003.

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