Public Health Lessons from Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome a Decade Later

Koplan, Jeffrey P.; Butler-Jones, David; Tsang, Thomas; Yu, Wang

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Public Health Lessons from Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome a Decade Later

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Jun 2013

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Emerg Infect Dis. 19(6):861-863.

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Emerg Infect Dis

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Koplan, Jeffrey P. ; Butler-Jones, David ; Tsang, Thomas ; Yu, Wang ;

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The outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome in 2002-2003 exacted considerable human and economic costs from countries involved. It also exposed major weaknesses in several of these countries in coping with an outbreak of a newly emerged infectious disease. In the 10 years since the outbreak, in addition to the increase in knowledge of the biology and epidemiology of this disease, a major lesson learned is the value of having a national public health institute that is prepared to control disease outbreaks and designed to coordinate a national response and assist localities in their responses.

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