02932nam 22004694a 450 991080890160332120200520144314.01-282-33527-897866123352730-19-152447-6(CKB)2430000000010513(EBL)728767(OCoLC)271201006(MiAaPQ)EBC728767(EXLCZ)99243000000001051320041116d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierSARS a case study in emerging infections /edited by Angela McLean ... [et al.]1st ed.Oxford Oxford University Press20051 online resource (144 p.)"Originating from contribution to a Discussion Meeting of the Royal Society of London."0-19-856818-5 Contents; Contributors; List of Abbreviation; 1 Introduction; 2 Environmental and social influences on emerging infectious diseases: past, present, and future; 3 Evolutionary genetics and the emergence of SARS Coronavirus; 4 Influenza as a model system for studying the cross-species transfer and evolution of the SARS coronavirus; 5 Management and prevention of SARS in China; 6 Confronting SARS: a view from Hong Kong; 7 The aetiology of SARS: Koch's postulates fulfilled; 8 Laboratory diagnosis of SARS9 Animal origins of SARS Coronavirus: possible links with the international trade in small carnivores10 Epidemiology, transmission dynamics, and control of SARS: the 2002-2003 epidemic; 11 Dynamics of modern epidemics; 12 The International response to the outbreak of SARS, 2003; 13 The Experience of the 2003 SARS outbreak as a traumatic stress among frontline health-care workers in Toronto: lessons learned; 14 Informed consent and public health; 15 What have we learnt from SARS?; References; IndexThe sudden appearance and rapid spread of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in 2002 served to alert the world to the fact that emerging infections are a global problem. Living in affluent societies with well developed health care systems does not necessarily protect people from the dangers posed by life-threatening infections. The SARS epidemic tested global preparedness for dealing with a new infectious agent and raised important questions: how did we do, and what did we learn? This book uses the SARS outbreak as a case study to enumerate the generic issues that must be considered whenSARS (Disease)EpidemiologySARS (Disease)Epidemiology.614.5/92McLean Angela R1616292Royal Society (Great Britain)MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910808901603321SARS4184932UNINA