Planning for Epidemics — The Lessons of SARS

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In terms of sheer drama, the emergence of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) rivaled the most exotic Michael Crichton thriller. A novel viral strain spread in “wet markets” from an obscure animal to food handlers; through a rural province in southern China; to Hong Kong, by way of an ill Chinese physician who had traveled to attend a wedding; and in one night at a Hong Kong hotel, from that man to at least 12 other people. These 12 returned to their five home countries and created multiple chains of transmission that, over the course of the next four . . .

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