Volume 11, Number 12, December 2005

Viral Load Distribution in SARS Outbreak

Chung-Ming Chu,* Vincent C.C. Cheng,† Ivan F.N. Hung,† Kin-Sang Chan,* Bone S.F. Tang,† Thomas H.F. Tsang,‡ Kwok-Hung Chan,† and Kwok-Yung Yuen†
*United Christian Hospital, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China; †University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China; and ‡Department of Health, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China

Figure 2. Scaled map of Amoy Gardens units and distribution of the median viral load (log₁₀ copies/mL) of the nasopharyngeal specimens (values in boxes) of patients in their respective residential blocks (index patient lived in E7).

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