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Volume 350:1797 April 22, 2004 Number 17
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The Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

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To the Editor: In their review article on the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) (Dec. 18 issue),1 Peiris et al. describe the "initial" chest radiograph as abnormal in 60 to 100 percent of cases, depending on the interval between the onset of fever and hospital admission. "Initial" has been clearly defined in a report (which is cited) on 40 probable cases in Toronto.2 The mean interval from the date of exposure to the first abnormal chest radiograph was 11.9 days (range, 4 to 26), and the mean time from the onset of fever to an abnormal radiograph was 5.0 days . . . [Full Text of this Article]



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