Coordinated Response to SARS, Vancouver, Canada

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Skowronski, Danuta M. ; Petric, Martin ; Daly, Patricia ; Parker, Robert A. ; Bryce, Elizabeth ; Doyle, Patrick W. ; Noble, Michael A. ; Roscoe, Diane L. ; Tomblin, Joan ; Yang, Tung C. ; Krajden, Mel ; Patrick, David M. ; Pourbohloul, Babak ; Goh, Swee Han ; Bowie, William R. ; Booth, Tim F. ; Tweed, S. Aleina ; Perry, Thomas L. ; McGeer, Allison ; Brunham, Robert C.
• Description:
  Two Canadian urban areas received travelers with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) before the World Health Organization issued its alert. By July 2003, Vancouver had identified 5 cases (4 imported); Toronto reported 247 cases (3 imported) and 43 deaths. Baseline preparedness for pandemic threats may account for the absence of sustained transmission and fewer cases of SARS in Vancouver.
• Subjects:
  Adult Disease Outbreaks Female Humans Male Middle Aged Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 12(1):155-158.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  British Columbia, Canada
• Volume:
  12
• Issue:
  1
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:585032bc858e7679001f12d990172df3046a67e84e2f035c247d90f89ea460b4
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/15882/cdc_15882_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 106.46 KB ]