Public Health Lessons from Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome a Decade Later

Public Health Lessons from Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome a Decade Later

The outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome in 2002–2003 exacted considerable human and economic costs from countries involved. It also exposed major weaknesses in several of these countries in coping with an outbreak of a newly emerged infectious disease. In the 10 years since the outbreak, i...

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Main Authors: Jeffrey P. Koplan, David Butler-Jones, Thomas Tsang, Wang Yu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2013-06-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
severe acute respiratory syndrome
SARS
coronavirus
viruses
disease threats
public health
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/19/6/12-1426_article

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