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Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)

Education and Information

NIH National Library of Medicine Databases

NIH National Library of Medicine's Medline Plus (consumer health information)
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/severeacuterespiratorysyndrome.html

NIH National Library of Medicine's PubMed (to search for journal articles)
SARS article & journal search query

Center for Disease Control

CDC What Everyone Should Know
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/sars/basics.htm

CDC Basic SARS Factsheet
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/sars/pdf/factsheet.pdf

CDC SARS Information in Other Languages
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/sars/

CDC Case Definition
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/sars/casedefinition.htm

CDC Infection Control and Exposure Management
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/sars/exposure.htm

CDC Information for Clinicians
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/sars/clinicians.htm

CDC Travel Information
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/sars/travel.htm

Guidance for Management of Exposures for Health-Care Settings
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/sars/exposureguidance.htm

Guidance on Persons Who May Have Been Exposed to Patients
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/sars/exposuremanagement.htm

Supplement I: Infection Control in Healthcare, Home, and Community Settings
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/sars/guidance/I/index.htm

Executive Order 13295: Revised List of Quarantinable Communicable Diseases
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/sars/executiveorder040403.htm

Additional SARS Information

SARS Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (good slides and graphics)
http://www.afip.org/Departments/Pulmonary/SARS/

WHO's Cumulative Number of Reported Cases
http://www.who.int/csr/sars/country/2003_03_24/en/

Public Health Foundation Training Finder
http://www.trainingfinder.org/
Check with Training Finder for information about new SARS distance learning programs from WHO, CDC, Public Health Training Network, and others as they become available. Click on "Search" to search by keyword (e.g., SARS) or "Advanced Search" to use multiple search criteria. To receive an e-mail automatically when new SARS courses are added, first perform a search with your desired criteria, then click on the "Stay Informed" feature.

 

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