Lessons from the severe acute respiratory syndrome outbreak in Hong Kong

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1042-1045

  Abdullah, Abu S M ^a   Tomlinson, Brian ^b   Cockram, Clive S ^b   Thomas, G Neil ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONAVIRUS; DISEASE COURSE; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; EPIDEMIC; GOVERNMENT; HAND WASHING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PATIENT EDUCATION; PNEUMONIA; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; VENTILATOR; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0041315560     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0909.030366     Document Type: Review

References (23)

1. World Health Organization. Cumulative number of reported probable cases of SARS [June 23, 2003]. Available from: URL: http://www.who.int/csr/sars/country/2003_06_23/en/
2. World Health Organization. Update 49-SARS case fatality ratio, incubation period [May 7, 2003]. Available from: URL: http://www.who.int/csr/sarsarchive/2003_05_07a/en/
3. Peiris JSM, Lai ST, Poon LLM, Guan Y, Yam LYC, Lim W, et al. Coronavirus as a possible cause of severe acute respiratory syndrome [April 8, 2003]. Available from: URL: www.thelancet.com
4. Drosten C, Günther S, Preiser W, van der Werf S, Brodt H-R, Becker S, et al. Identification of a novel coronavirus in patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome. [April 10, 2003]. Available from: URL: www.nejm.org.
5. World Health Organization. First data on stability and resistance of SARS coronavirus compiled by members of WHO laboratory network [May 4, 2003]. Available from: URL: http://www.who.int/csr/sars/survival_2003_05_04/en/index.html
6. Donnelly CA, Ghani AC, Leung GM, Hedley AJ, Fraser C, Riley S, et al. Epidemiological determinants of spread of causal agent of severe acute respiratory syndrome in Hong Kong. Lancet 2003;361:1761-6.
7. Chan-Yeung M, Yu WC. Outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region: case report. BMJ 2003;326:850-2.
8. World Health Organization. Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)-multi-country outbreak-update 27 [April 11, 2003]. Available from: URL: http://www.who.int/csr/don/2003_04_11/en/
9. World Health Organization. Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)-multi-country outbreak-update 47 [May 5, 2003]. Available from: URL: http://www.who.int/csr/don/2003_05_05/en/
10. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Severe acute respiratory syndrome-Singapore, 2003 (9 May 2003). MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2003;52:405-11.
11. Marmion BP, Burrell CJ, Tonkin RW, Dickson J. Dialysis-associated hepatitis in Edinburgh; 1969-1978. Rev Infect Dis 1982;4:619-37.
12. Tomlinson B, Cockram CS. SARS: experience at Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong. Lancet 2003;361:1486-7.
13. Lee N, Hui D, Wu A, Chan P, Cameron P, Joynt GM, et al. A major outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome in Hong Kong. N Engl J Med 2003;348:1986-94.
14. World Health Organization. Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)-multi-country outbreak-update 46 [May 3, 2003]. Available from: URL: http://www.who.int/csr/don/2003_05_03/en/
15. World Health Organization. Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)-multi-country outbreak-update [March 16, 2003]. Available from: URL: http://www.who.int/csr/don/2003_03_16/en/
16. Poutanen SM, Low DE, Henry B, Finkelstein S, Rose D, Green K, et al. Identification of severe acute respiratory syndrome in Canada. N Engl J Med 2003;348:1995-2005.
17. Outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) at Amoy Gardens, Kowloon Bay, Hong Kong: main findings of the investigation. Hong Kong: Department of Health, Government of the Hong Kong SAR; 2003. p. 1-6.
18. Chouljenko VN, Lin XQ, Storz J, Kousoulas KG, Gorbalenya AE. Comparison of genomic and predicted amino acid sequences of respiratory and enteric bovine coronaviruses isolated from the same animal with fatal shipping pneumonia. J Gen Virol 2001;82:2927-33.
19. World Health Organization. Update 44-situation in China, revised case definition, support to national labs [May 1,2003]. Available from: URL: http://www.who.int/csr/sarsarchive/2003_04_12/en/
20. GPs accused of failing to diagnose malaria. The South China Morning Post, 24 September 2002 (www.scmp.com), 2002.
21. World Health Organization. Update 33-Affected areas, status of SARS outbreaks in individual countries [18 April 2003]. Available from: URL: http://www.who.int/csr/don/2003_04_18/en/
22. Kong E. Two dead after boiling white vinegar. The South China Morning Post, 13 Feb 2003 (Available from: URL: www.scmp.com), 2003.
23. Parry J. Spread of SARS slows. BMJ 2003;326:1232.