Emory Global Health Institute, Emory University, 1440 Clifton Rd NE, Suite 6.101, Atlanta GA 30322, USA.
Emerg Infect Dis. 2013 Jun;19(6):861-3. doi: 10.3201/eid1906.121426.
The outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome in 2002-2003 exacted considerable human and economic costs from countries involved. It also exposed major weaknesses in several of these countries in coping with an outbreak of a newly emerged infectious disease. In the 10 years since the outbreak, in addition to the increase in knowledge of the biology and epidemiology of this disease, a major lesson learned is the value of having a national public health institute that is prepared to control disease outbreaks and designed to coordinate a national response and assist localities in their responses.
2002-2003 年严重急性呼吸系统综合征的爆发给相关国家带来了巨大的人员和经济损失。它还暴露了这些国家在应对新出现的传染病爆发方面的几个主要弱点。自疫情爆发以来的 10 年中,除了对这种疾病的生物学和流行病学知识的增加外,一个重要的经验教训是拥有一个准备控制疾病爆发并旨在协调国家应对措施和协助地方应对措施的国家公共卫生机构的价值。