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. 2020 Apr 8;2020(4):CD013574. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013574

Hsieh 2005.

Study characteristics
Study design Retrospective cohort study
Objectives To evaluate the effectiveness of quarantine in reducing the time from onset to diagnosis and the time from diagnosis to classification
Study details SARS‐positive patients, previously quarantined or not quarantined during the 2003 outbreak
Setting: Taiwan
n = 480
Interventions
  • Quarantine of people who potentially had contact with infectious individuals (Level A)

  • Quarantine of travellers coming from SARS‐affected areas (Level B)

Notes Case definition: confirmed cases had clinical diagnosis and positive laboratory test for SARS‐CoV