Border Screening for SARS

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  St. John, Ronald K. ; King, Arlene ; de Jong, Dick ; Bodie-Collins, Margaret ; Squires, Susan G. ; Tam, Theresa WS
• Description:
  With the rapid international spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) from March through May 2003, Canada introduced various measures to screen airplane passengers at selected airports for symptoms and signs of SARS. The World Health Organization requested that all affected areas screen departing passengers for SARS symptoms. In spite of intensive screening, no SARS cases were detected. SARS has an extremely low prevalence, and the positive predictive value of screening is essentially zero. Canadian screening results raise questions about the effectiveness of available screening measures for SARS at international borders.
• Subjects:
  Adult Child, Preschool Disease Outbreaks Female Humans Infant Male Mass Screening Middle Aged Program Evaluation Sars Virus Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Travel

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 11(1):6-10.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Canada
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  11
• Issue:
  1
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:b2d5eadbd53b56ed5f8614562ee4fe10a5a098db5268db04dd64d0f158a6e348
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/15694/cdc_15694_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 183.34 KB ]