Poutanen Susan M., McGeer Allison J.
Toronto Medical Laboratories and Mount Sinai Hospital, Department of Microbiology, 600 University Avenue, Room 1470, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X5, Canada.
Curr Infect Dis Rep. 2004 Jun;6(3):220-227. doi: 10.1007/s11908-004-0012-7.
Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) was first recognized in China in November 2002 and was subsequently associated with a worldwide outbreak involving 8098 people, 774 of whom died. The outbreak was declared contained on July 5, 2003, after the last human chain of transmission of SARS had been broken. Whether outbreaks of SARS will return is debatable, but no one disagrees that it is important to be prepared for this possibility. This article presents an overview of the transmission and control of SARS based on the current state of knowledge derived from published studies of the outbreak and on our own personal experience.
严重急性呼吸综合征(SARS)于2002年11月在中国首次被发现,随后在全球范围内爆发,涉及8098人,其中774人死亡。2003年7月5日,在SARS的最后一条人际传播链被切断后,宣布疫情得到控制。SARS是否会再次爆发尚无定论,但没有人会反对为这种可能性做好准备的重要性。本文基于对该疫情已发表研究的现有知识状态以及我们自己的个人经验,对SARS的传播和控制进行概述。