Volume 19, Number 6—June 2013
Synopsis
Progress in Global Surveillance and Response Capacity 10 Years after Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
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Figure 1. . . Layout of ninth floor of Hotel Metropole, where superspreading event of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) occurred, Hong Kong, 2003. *2 cases in room; †see (16); ‡case-patient visited room. CoV, coronavirus.
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