Pennington Hugh
Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill, Aberdeen AB25 2ZD, UK.
Nat Rev Microbiol. 2004 Mar;2(3):259-62. doi: 10.1038/nrmicro846.
Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) took everybody by surprise. Its emergence was one of the most significant microbiological events of 2003. It challenged microbiologists to identify the aetiological agent and satisfy Koch's postulates — in so far as they ever can be met for a virus — in real time. Not only were the patients' respiratory secretions and the agents grown in cultured cells put under the microscope, but so were the actions of politicians. What lessons can we learn from SARS?
严重急性呼吸综合征（SARS）让所有人猝不及防。它的出现是2003年最重要的微生物学事件之一。它促使微生物学家实时鉴定病原体并满足科赫法则——就病毒而言，只要有可能满足该法则。不仅患者的呼吸道分泌物以及在培养细胞中培养出的病原体被置于显微镜下观察，政治家们的行动也受到了审视。我们能从SARS中学到什么教训呢？
