id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-339004-49dkucxd Yu, Ignatius Tak-Sun Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Beyond Amoy Gardens: Completing the Incomplete Legacy 2014-03-01 .txt text/plain 1772 78 55 The temporal and spatial distributions of the 2003 severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak in Amoy Gardens of Hong Kong was reexamined using all confirmed cases. The temporal and spatial distributions of the 2003 severe acute respiratorysyndrome (SARS) outbreak in Amoy Gardens of Hong Kong was reexamined using all confirmed cases. In 2004, we analyzed the temporal and spatial distributions of the initial 187 cases in 7 blocks (A-G) of Amoy Gardens, a residential building complex with 19 buildings, where the largest community outbreak of SARS took place. Considering that cases in Telford Gardens and Tak Bo Garden with symptom onset during 24-29 March were most likely resulting from the common source originating in block E of Amoy Gardens, the distance of airborne transmission in that outbreak could be >200 m. In conclusion, the airborne spread in the largest community outbreak of SARS in 2003 actually extended beyond the Amoy Gardens and affected residential buildings >200 m from the source. ./cache/cord-339004-49dkucxd.txt ./txt/cord-339004-49dkucxd.txt