SARS

Outbreaks could very well return this autumn, leading experts predict

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, August 5th, 2003

SARS could return this autumn, predict some leading public health experts, but it is unlikely to be on the scale of an epidemic.

An international panel of nine experts were asked by the editors of the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health to give their views on the likelihood of a recurrence of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). The views of Journal readers are also being canvassed on the its web site.

Among the nine experts, two felt that SARS would not recur, three felt that it would, and four were uncertain. But the overall consensus was that doctors and public health officials simply cannot afford to be complacent,...

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Source: TB and Outbreaks Week (2003-08-05)

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