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Learning From SARS in Hong Kong and Toronto
C. David Naylor, MD;
Cyril Chantler, MD;
Sian Griffiths, MD
JAMA. 2004;291:2483-2487.
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The recurrence of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in China during 2004 has highlighted the continuing threat to human health from infectious disease outbreaks. A zoonosis caused by a novel coronavirus,1-2 SARS first emerged among humans in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong during November 2002. By March 2003, SARS had spread to neighboring Hong Kong and from there to Toronto, Ontario, and many other areas in a matter of days.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported that by July 2003 when the epidemic had waned, in Hong Kong there were 1755 probable cases of SARS with 300 deaths (17%) and in Canada there were 251 probable cases with 43 deaths (17%).3 Most Canadian cases and all deaths were in the Toronto area. Both areas had serious difficulties managing the outbreak, and several inquiries into public health and epidemic . . . [Full Text of this Article] Contrasting Health Care Systems
Author Affiliations: Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario (Dr Naylor); Kings Fund, London, England (Dr Chantler); and Department of Public Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, England (Dr Griffiths).
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