SARS

U.S. steps to contain epidemic successful

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, June 10th, 2003

Long before SARS became a household word and a worldwide worry the U.S. health system had tackled contagious diseases with success. But if the new respiratory disease gets out of hand, experts say, the nation's resources may be overwhelmed.

So far, health officials haven't had to resort to quarantines or other, more creative methods - like during a tuberculosis outbreak last year in southwest Oklahoma, when state health officials nailed a sign on a woman's house warning visitors not to enter.

In another case, officials had to take a TB patient to court to ensure that medicines were being taken.

With only one new probable case...

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