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	sars (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In the outbreak, SARS caused 8,069 cases of disease and 775 deaths.
		This suggests that the SARS virus crossed the species barrier from civet cats; this conclusion is, however, by no means certain as it is certainly possible that the civet cats got the virus from humans and not the other way around or even that the civet cats are a sort of intermediary host.
		SARS is not loose in the community at large in Canada, although a few infected persons have broken quarantine and moved among the general population.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /SARS.html (3815 words)

	Encyclopedia: Progress of the SARS outbreak
		On November 16, 2002 an outbreak of what is believed to be severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) began in the Guangdong province of China, which borders on Hong Kong.
		(SARS had also been gaining prominence in the mainland Chinese media; by late April, it had jumped from virtual invisibility onto the front-page, with daily reports from all provinces on new cases and measures.) April 19 is the 109th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (110th in leap years).
		The current outbreak is thought to have originated from a researcher, working on the SARS virus in a lab at the Institute of Virology in Beijing, who inadvertently caught the disease and ended up spreading it to the nurse taking care of him.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Progress-of-the-SARS-outbreak (4900 words)

	CDC - Diagnostic Criteria during SARS Outbreak in Hong Kong
		In a SARS screening clinic at the Prince of Wales emergency department, the positive predictive value (PPV) of these criteria was estimated to be 54% (95% CI 39% to 69%) (6).
		Probable SARS case-patients were those who met the CDC clinical criteria for severe respiratory illness of unknown etiology (3), and met the epidemiologic criterion for exposure in either a close or a possible contact.
		Nonetheless, we demonstrated the accuracy of diagnostic criteria in an outbreak and the importance of epidemiologic criteria.
	www.cdc.gov /ncidod/EID/vol10no6/03-0618.htm (1459 words)

	SARS coronavirus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		See also: Progress of the SARS outbreak and Severe acute respiratory syndrome.
		The SARS coronavirus is the virus that causes severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).
		On April 16, 2003, following the outbreak of SARS in Asia and secondary cases elsewhere in the world, the World Health Organization (WHO) issued a press release stating that the coronavirus identified by a number of laboratories was the official cause of SARS.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/SARS_virus (280 words)

	Timeline of the SARS Outbreak
		No new SARS deaths are reported today, marking the first time since 28 March that a day has passed without a fatality attributed to the SARS outbreak.
		The World Health Organization announces that SARS appears to have peaked and gone into decline in Canada, Singapore and Hong Kong, and had disappeared in Vietnam, although it is still spreading in mainland China and Taiwan.
		SARS spreads to Canada, Singapore and Vietnam indicating it is highly contagious.
	www.gartner.com /pages/story.php.id.3557.s.8.jsp (2917 words)

	March 2003 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		SARS: The Hong Kong government is imposing quarantine on a group of over 1000 people, and closing schools for nine days in an attempt to stop the spread of SARS.
		SARS: The World Health Organization recommends that passengers flying from places where SARS outbreaks have occurred should be screened before being allowed on flights.
		A group of doctors in Hong Kong claims to have identified the agent causing severe acute respiratory syndrome as belonging to the paramyxoviridae family of viruses.
	www.leessummit.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/March_2003 (3900 words)

	Teaching English in Taiwan SARS S.A.R.S. Report
		In response to reports of KTV chains alleging that their rivals’ employees have SARS, the government is proposing amendments to the SARS Emergency Relief Act that will impose penalties of up to three years imprisonment for attempting to falsely spread SARS information for commercial advantage.
		It is hoped that the development of stricter intake procedures at local hospitals and the management of SARS cases at regional centers will help to alleviate the cluster outbreaks and exposures that have occurred at general-use hospitals around Taiwan.
		When the SARS episode at the school occurred, a two-day closure of the school was initially announced.
	www.tealit.com /sarsreport.html (3092 words)

	WHO \| Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) - multi-country outbreak - Update 27
		In SARS outbreaks, a “super-spreader” is a source case who has, for as yet unknown reasons, infected a large number of persons.
		The SARS response is the roll out of a global alert and response activity under the revision of the International Health Regulations, which provide the legal framework for the surveillance and reporting of infectious disease and for the use of measures to prevent their international spread.
		Outbreaks in the hotel and housing estate indicated that SARS was showing an unusual pattern of transmission in Hong Kong, probably involving an environmental component, that would place persons at risk outside the confined health care settings associated with outbreaks in most other countries.
	www.who.int /csr/don/2003_04_11/en (4736 words)

	Everything you always wanted to know about Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)
		SARS is fatal in about 10% of cases.
		This was followed by an announcement on April 16 that scientists at Erasmus University in Rotterdam, the Netherlands have confirmed that the virus causing SARS is indeed the new coronavirus.
		A test was developed for antibodies to the virus, and it was found that patients did indeed develop such antibodies over the course of the disease, which is very suggestive that the virus does have a causative role.
	www.relan.net /SARS.html (3517 words)

	CNN.com - Taiwan health chief resigns in SARS crisis - May. 16, 2003
		They said unless officials move quickly to contain the outbreak in hospitals and do a more effective job of tracing contacts of suspected patients, the epidemic risks taking a further turn for the worse, with potentially serious consequences for the country's health-care system.
		SARS emerged in November in China's Guangdong Province and has spread to 30 countries, with more than 7,600 cases worldwide and nearly 600 deaths, according to WHO.
		Though SARS is thought to be transmitted largely by close contact with an infected person, transmission via animals has not been ruled out.
	www.cnn.com /2003/HEALTH/05/16/sars (962 words)

	CDC \| Frequently Asked Questions About SARS
		Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a viral respiratory illness that was recognized as a global threat in March 2003, after first appearing in Southern China in November 2002.
		After 2 to 7 days, SARS patients may develop a dry, nonproductive cough that might be accompanied by or progress to a condition in which the oxygen levels in the blood are low (hypoxia).
		Close contact is defined as having cared for or lived with a person known to have SARS or having a high likelihood of direct contact with respiratory secretions and/or body fluids of a patient known to have SARS.
	www.cdc.gov /ncidod/sars/faq.htm (1526 words)

	sars (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		SARS and accusations of racial discrimination With news of the 2002-2003 outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), which evidently originated in China and spread from Asia to North America, many have become worried that there may be accusations and racial discrimination against Asians in general.
		Progress of the SARS outbreak The following is an ongoing timeline of events surrounding the 2002-2003 outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).
		The outbreak of SARS in Hong Kong from March to June 2003 resulted in a sharp drop in the number of both Mainland and overseas visitors, to a level that was unprecendently low in recent years.
	www.searchtermtrends.com /terms/sars.html (1136 words)

	Doctors log on to fight SARS outbreak \| CNET News.com
		To respond to the SARS outbreak, the publication placed seven articles on its Web site during the past month.
		Page with epidemiological maps, case counts, updates on the development of SARS tests and information on a SARS conference to be held in Geneva in June.
		The World Health Organization has responded to the threat of SARS by using its Web site to publish daily updates about the number of worldwide cases--which has allowed analysts to graph the progress of the outbreak.
	news.com.com /2100-1025-997045.html (2174 words)

	timelines: 2003 SARS Outbreak (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		SARS takes hold in Hong Kong, where by March 19th 123 people have fallen ill. Neighboring courntries of Singapore and Vietnam are badly hit.
		In Beijing, a military doctor criticizes the health minister for covering up SARS cases, saying there are at least 140 cases in military hospitals in the capital alone.
		China/Hong Kong: China's state media, silenced for weeks as SARS spread through Beijing, open the floodgates after authorities report a huge spike in cases and the health minister and city's mayor are sacked for negligence.
	www.e11th-hour.org /resources/timelines/sars.04.03.html (2351 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Health \| Progress made towards Sars drug
		Sars has killed 774 people and infected more than 8,000 worldwide since it emerged in southern China in 2002.
		Scientists around the world are pulling out all the stops to develop the first drugs and vaccines for Sars.
		The antibody binds to the Sars virus, stopping it from entering and infecting human cells.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/health/3453433.stm (236 words)

	Science Magazine: Progress on SARS
		Recently posted on Science Express: A study charting the molecular evolution of the SARS coronavirus as the 2003 epidemic unfolded in China.
		Analysis of the recent outbreak indicates that basic public health measures are sufficient to prevent a SARS epidemic.
		The sequences of two isolates of the coronavirus associated with SARS show that it is not closely related to any of the previously characterized coronaviruses.
	www.sciencemag.org /feature/data/sars (624 words)

	WHO: Singapore Makes "Exemplary" Efforts to Control SARS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Two were later admitted as suspect SARS cases, but neither has been reclassified as probable.
		All contacts of known SARS cases are being placed under supervised home quarantine for 10 days.
		Singapore's actions to contain the SARS outbreak were described as "exemplary" by Dr David Heymann, Executive Director of communicable disease programmes at WHO.
	www.docguide.com /dg.nsf/PrintPrint/BFD962EC4A94B97085256D250047D656 (381 words)

	Detailed information about Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Mortality by age group as of May 8, 2003 is below 1% for people aged 24 or younger, 6% for those 25 to 44, 15% in those 45 to 64 and more than 50% for those over 65.
		The WHO has issued guidelines for using the various laboratory tests available to confirm the diagnosis of SARS.
		On April 29 WHO announced that its advisory against unnecessary travel to Toronto would be withdrawn on April 30.
	www.investingcompany.com /SARS.html (3556 words)

	IOM Workshop. Learning from SARS: Preparing for the Next Disease Outbreak
		The recent global response to the SARS epidemic has demonstrated both understood and unexpected strengths and weaknesses in national and international capacities to address infectious disease challenges.
		SARS has served as the most recent bellwether of the considerable consequences suffered at many levelsâ”public health, economic, psychological, and politicalâ”when unanticipated epidemics arise in a highly connected and interdependent world.
		At the same time, the speed of scientific discovery and the speed of communications have been hallmarks of the response to SARS and reflect amazing achievements in science, technology, and international collaboration.
	www.iom.edu /event.asp?id=14647 (530 words)

	wikien.info: Main_Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The World Health Organization confirms that a new outbreak of the Ebola virus in the Republic of the Congo killed 64.
		Dolly the sheep, the world's first cloned mammal, is euthanized well short of her natural lifespan because of a progressive lung disease.
		Austria bars USA military units involved in the attack on Iraq from entering into or flying over its territories without a UN mandate to attack Iraq.
	www.hostingciamca.com /index.php?title=February_2003 (3586 words)

	New Scientist Expert Coverage of Health Medicine Disease Drugs Microbes
		Horseshoe bats in the frame as source of SARS
		Evidence from China and Australia strongly suggests that the SARS virus came from horseshoe bats
		There is a possibility the virus is becoming less virulent, but how this would affect the progress of the pandemic or the number of people killed remains unclear
	www.newscientist.com /channel/health (1195 words)

	MAY 2003 FACTS AND INFORMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The bill will now go to a conference committee to resolve differences with a $550 billion tax cut passed by the House on May_10.
		The first confirmed SARS case is reported in Finland.
		Some looters had returned items after promises of rewards and amnesty, and many items previously reported missing had actually been hidden in secret storage vaults at the museum prior to the outbreak of war.
	www.dontpayyourtaxes.com /May_2003 (3315 words)

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