Role of China in the Quest to Define and Control Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Breiman, Robert F. ; Evans, Meirion R. ; Preiser, Wolfgang ; Maguire, James ; Schnur, Alan ; Bekedam, Henk ; MacKenzie, John S.
• Description:
  China holds the key to solving many questions crucial to global control of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). The disease appears to have originated in Guangdong Province, and the causative agent, SARS coronavirus, is likely to have originated from an animal host, perhaps sold in public markets. Epidemiologic findings, integral to defining an animal-human linkage, may be confirmed by laboratory studies; once animal host (s) are confirmed, interventions may be needed to prevent further animal-to-human transmission. Community seroprevalence studies may help determine the basis for the decline in disease incidence in Guangdong Province after February 2002. China will also be able to contribute key data about how the causative agent is transmitted and how it is evolving, as well as identifying pivotal factors influencing disease outcome.
• Subjects:
  Animals Communicable Diseases, Emerging Disease Outbreaks Humans Perspective Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 9(9):1037-1041.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  China
• Location:
  Asia
• Volume:
  9
• Issue:
  9
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:70320f5779b4ed901383973b05aac57c62f961b4de7bb4299f01c770bca82356
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/14364/cdc_14364_DS1.pdf
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