Learning from SARS : preparing for the next disease outbreak : workshop summary / Stacey Knobler ... [et al.], editors ; Forum on Microbial Threats, Board on Global Health.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Forum on Microbial Threats.

Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Board on Global Health.

Knobler, Stacey.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

SARS (Disease).

Emergency medical services.

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome--prevention & control.

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome--transmission.

Disease Outbreaks--prevention & control.

Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus--isolation & purification.

Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus--pathogenicity.

Socioeconomic Factors.

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome.

Medical Subjects:

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome--prevention & control.

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome--transmission.

Disease Outbreaks--prevention & control.

Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus--isolation & purification.

Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus--pathogenicity.

Socioeconomic Factors.

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (409 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : National Academies Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The report examines the response to SARS by public health systems within individual countries; the biology of the SARS coronavirus and related coronaviruses in animals; the economic and political fallout of the SARS epidemic; quarantine law and other public health measures that apply to combating infectious diseases; and the role of international organizations and scientific cooperation in halting the spread of SARS. The report provides an illuminating survey of findings from the epidemic, along with an assessment of what might be needed in order to contain any future outbreaks of SARS or other emerging infections.

Contents:

SARS: Emergence, Detection, and Response

Political Influences on the Response to SARS and Economic Impacts of the Disease

Microbiology, Ecology, and Natural History of Coronaviruses

Diagnostics, Therapeutics, and Other Technologies to Control SARS

Preparing for the Next Disease Outbreak

Appendix A: Agenda: Learning from SARS: Preparing for the Next Disease Outbreak

Appendix B: Clinical Guidance on the Identification and Evaluation of Possible SARS-CoV Disease Among Persons Presenting with Community-Acquired Illness

Appendix C: In the Absence of SARS-CoV Transmission Worldwide

Appendix D: Selected Bibliography

Appendix E: Glossary and Acronyms

Appendix F: Forum Member, Speaker, and Staff Biographies.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Print version: Learning from SARS.

ISBN:

9786612084010

9780309182157

0309182158

9781282084018

1282084011

9780309594332

0309594332

OCLC:

923260455