Updated Interim U.S. SARS Case Definition [Saturday, March 22, 2003, 18:18 EST (6:18 PM EST)]

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• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.). Health Alert Network (HAN)
• Description:
  Saturday, March 22, 2003, 18:18 EST (6 :18 PM EST)
  
  CDCHAN -00126-03-03-22-UPD-N
  
  For purposes of case finding and surveillance in the United States, the March 17th CDC SARS case definition has been updated as follows:
  
  • Temperature must be measured
  
  • SARS areas are limited to those with suspected or documented community transmission; this differs from the WHO definition as it excludes areas where secondary transmission has been limited to only health care workers or direct household contacts. Note: the list of SARS areas will be updated as new information becomes available.
  
  OR Close contact within 10 days of onset of symptoms with either a person with a respiratory illness and travel to a SARS area or a person under investigation or suspected of having SARS
  
  
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• Subjects:
  Case Definition Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
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• Source:
  HAN ; 126
• Series:
  Health Alert Network
• Subseries:
  CDC Health Update
• Publisher:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (U.S.)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Alert
• Rights:
  Public Domain
• Pages in Document:
  2 unnumbered pages
• Issue:
  00126
• Collection(s):
  Health Alert Network (HAN)
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