Coordinated Response to SARS, Vancouver, Canada

Two Canadian urban areas received travelers with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) before the World Health Organization issued its alert. By July 2003, Vancouver had identified 5 cases (4 imported); Toronto reported 247 cases (3 imported) and 43 deaths. Baseline preparedness for pandemic thre...

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Autores principales: Skowronski, Danuta M., Petric, Martin, Daly, Patricia, Parker, Robert A., Bryce, Elizabeth, Doyle, Patrick W., Noble, Michael A., Roscoe, Diane L., Tomblin, Joan, Yang, Tung C., Krajden, Mel, Patrick, David M., Pourbohloul, Babak, Goh, Swee Han, Bowie, William R., Booth, Tim F., Tweed, S. Aleina, Perry, Thomas L., McGeer, Allison, Brunham, Robert C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2006
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3291383/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16494736
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1201.050327
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Sumario:Two Canadian urban areas received travelers with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) before the World Health Organization issued its alert. By July 2003, Vancouver had identified 5 cases (4 imported); Toronto reported 247 cases (3 imported) and 43 deaths. Baseline preparedness for pandemic threats may account for the absence of sustained transmission and fewer cases of SARS in Vancouver.

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