SARS

Outbreak in Beijing spread rapidly, was controlled fairly quickly

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, January 11th, 2004

Improving triage in hospitals and dissemination of information to the public helped bring a rapid resolution to the spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in Beijing in early 2003, according to a new study.

Beijing, China, experienced the largest outbreak of SARS in the world with a total of 2521 reported probable cases, according the authors in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The outbreak began March 5, 2003, with the importation of several cases among travelers from other SARS-affected areas and soon accelerated as multiple SARS cases occurred in health care facilities, peaking in late April when more than 100 new patients with SARS...

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