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. 2004 May 20;33(4):628–634. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyh198

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Chain of transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) among guests at Hotel M—Hong Kong, 2003 (Source: MMWR 2003;52:241–48). A represents the index patient (physician from Guandong Province) and B-J represent individual patients that were affected in the outbreak. HCW = health care worker(s)