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cord-351225-dq0xu85c	Poutanen, Susan M.	Transmission and control of SARS	2004		.txt	text/plain	5584	229	45	During the outbreak, it was evident that SARS was readily transmissible from person to person, especially in health Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) was first recognized in China in November 2002 and was subsequently associated with a worldwide outbreak involving 8098 people, 774 of whom died. Evidence for this includes studies in Hong Kong and Toronto, Canada that show an increased risk for SARS in health care workers who entered the room of a patient with SARS, with increasing risk in those with closer proximity to the patient and those remaining in the room for a longer duration, suggesting that transmission is enhanced by close, prolonged contact [19•,20 •] In addition, an increased risk in household members of patients with SARS has been shown in those who had close, prolonged contact with the index person, and in particular, in those who shared a bed, reported being within 1 meter of the index person, and dined together [21•] .	./cache/cord-351225-dq0xu85c.txt	./txt/cord-351225-dq0xu85c.txt