TY - JOUR AU - Wang, Tsung-Hsi AU - Wei, Kuo-Chen AU - Jiang, Donald Dah-Shyong AU - Chiu, Chan-Hsian AU - Chang, Shan-Chwen AU - Wang, Jung-Der T1 - Unexplained Deaths and Critical Illnesses of Suspected Infectious Cause, Taiwan, 2000–2005 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2008 VL - 14 IS - 10 SP - 1653 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We report 5 years’ surveillance data from the Taiwan Centers for Disease Control on unexplained deaths and critical illnesses suspected of being caused by infection. A total of 130 cases were reported; the incidence rate was 0.12 per 100,000 person-years; and infectious causes were identified for 81 cases (62%). KW - Cause of death KW - autopsy KW - Taiwan KW - infection KW - bacteria KW - viruses KW - dispatch DO - 10.3201/eid1410.061587 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/14/10/06-1587_article ER - End of Reference