Pang 2003.

Study characteristics
Study design	Cohort study (single‐arm, not controlled)
Objectives	To describe and evaluate measures undertaken to control the SARS outbreak: quarantine among other things
Study details	Individuals with close contact to SARS patients who were quarantined Setting: Beijing n = 30,000
Interventions	Quarantine of individuals who were in close contact with infected people
Notes	Case definition ‐ cases had to meet one of the three following categories: close contact with infected people and clinical diagnosis of febrile respiratory illness and chest X‐ray changes; visiting or residing in an area with local transmission, clinical diagnosis of febrile respiratory illness and chest radiograph changes and lack of response to antibiotics; visiting or residing in an area with local transmission, clinical diagnosis of febrile respiratory illness and chest radiograph changes and normal or decreased white blood cell count