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Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
(SARS)
SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory
Syndrome)
China Reports Ninth
Recent Possible SARS Case
April 29, 2004
SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory
Syndrome)
Four Possible SARS Cases Reported
in China
April 23, 2004
SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome)
Third Possible SARS Case Reported in China;
Influenza A (H5N1) Infections Reported in Vietnam
January
14, 2004
SARS
(Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome)
New Suspect SARS Case Reported in Southern China
January
8, 2004
SARS
(Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) in China
December 29, 2003
SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome)
in Taiwan
December
17, 2003
SARS (Severe Acute
Respiratory Syndrome) Updates
The following additions or updates were made to CDC
guidance and/or information regarding SARS and influenza during
the period of December 5 to December 12, 2003. If you have
any questions on these or other clinical issues, please call our
Clinician's Information Line at 877-554-4625:
SARS (Severe
Acute Respiratory Syndrome)
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/sars/
The following change had been made to guidance related to sudden
acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).
SARS - CDC Releases Draft
Version of New SARS Plan
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
has posted the working draft version of its "Public Health
Guidance for Community-Level Preparedness and Response to Severe
Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)," on its web site.
The SARS Plan is a working document that outlines the concepts and
strategies that would guide the U.S. response in the event of a
SARS outbreak. It also describes many of the activities needed at
the federal, state, and local levels to prepare for and respond
rapidly and decisively to a reemergence of SARS. State and local
health departments, hospitals and other public health providers
will have an opportunity to comment on the draft and provide input
to an effective SARS preparedness plan for the United States.
The plan is designed to assist federal, state, and local public
health partners in developing or coordinating their own SARS preparedness
and response planning activities, while taking into account available
healthcare and public health resources, and other factors that are
unique at each level.
The plan was prepared in close collaboration with domestic and international
partners, and incorporates many of the concepts and approaches that
were successfully used to contain SARS outbreaks in the United States
and other counties with more widespread outbreaks.
In addition, it integrates and builds on other preparedness and
response plans for SARS (e.g., U.S. Government Interagency SARS
Concept of Operations Plan) and for other public health emergencies,
such pandemic influenza and bioterrroism. The plan will be updated
regularly and can be implemented immediately should SARS reemerge.
For more information about the SARS Plan, visit CDC's web site at
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/sars/
or contact the Office of Communication at 404-639-3286.
SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome)
(Guidelines for Laboratory Diagnosis of SARS-CoV Infection)
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/sars/labdiagnosis.htm
It is no longer sufficient to test two samples of the same specimen
using RT-PCR to receive a definitive SARS laboratory diagnosis (it
is impossible to rule out contamination). Two or more specimens
collected on the same day or at two different times are needed to
confirm diagnosis using RT-PCR.
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