Learning from SARS : preparing for the next disease outbreak : workshop summary /

The report examines the response to SARS by public health systems within individual countries; the biology of the SARS coronavirus and related coronaviruses in animals; the economic and political fallout of the SARS epidemic; quarantine law and other public health measures that apply to combating in...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Authors: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Forum on Microbial Threats, Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Board on Global Health
Other Authors: Knobler, Stacey
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, DC : National Academies Press, ©2004.
Subjects:
SARS (Disease)
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome > prevention & control
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome > transmission
Disease Outbreaks > prevention & control
Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus > isolation & purification
Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus > pathogenicity
Socioeconomic Factors
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
Syndrome respiratoire aigu sévère.
MEDICAL > Preventive Medicine.
MEDICAL > Forensic Medicine.
MEDICAL > Public Health.
Electronic book.
Congress
proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • SARS: Emergence, Detection, and Response
  • Political Influences on the Response to SARS and Economic Impacts of the Disease
  • Microbiology, Ecology, and Natural History of Coronaviruses
  • Diagnostics, Therapeutics, and Other Technologies to Control SARS
  • Preparing for the Next Disease Outbreak
  • Appendix A: Agenda: Learning from SARS: Preparing for the Next Disease Outbreak
  • Appendix B: Clinical Guidance on the Identification and Evaluation of Possible SARS-CoV Disease Among Persons Presenting with Community-Acquired Illness
  • Appendix C: In the Absence of SARS-CoV Transmission Worldwide
  • Appendix D: Selected Bibliography
  • Appendix E: Glossary and Acronyms
  • Appendix F: Forum Member, Speaker, and Staff Biographies.

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