id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-260503-yq4dtf8n SAMARANAYAKE, LAKSHMAN P. Severe acute respiratory syndrome and dentistry A retrospective view 2004-09-30 .txt text/plain 6836 383 54 Objectives The authors trace the emergence of the SARS outbreak from southern China and its spread worldwide, discuss the viral etiology of the infection and its clinical features, and review the infection control guidelines issued during the outbreak by the health authorities in Hong Kong, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the World Health Organization and the American Dental Association. Conclusions and Clinical Implications Researchers believe that a combination of factors, including the universal infection control measures that the dental community has implemented and/or the low degree of viral shedding in the prodromal phase of SARS, may have obviated the spread of the disease in dental settings. Interim domestic infection control precautions for aerosol-generating procedures on C L I N I C A L P R A C T I C E patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) ./cache/cord-260503-yq4dtf8n.txt ./txt/cord-260503-yq4dtf8n.txt