Experience of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome in Singapore: Importation of Cases, and Defense Strategies at the Airport | Zendy

Annelies WilderSmith | Zendy; Tai Goh Kee | Zendy; Nicholas I. Paton | Zendy

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Experience of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome in Singapore: Importation of Cases, and Defense Strategies at the Airport

Author(s) -

Annelies WilderSmith,

Tai Goh Kee,

Nicholas I. Paton

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

journal of travel medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.985

H-Index - 59

eISSN - 1708-8305

pISSN - 1195-1982

DOI - 10.2310/7060.2003.2676

Subject(s) - outbreak , medicine , christian ministry , transmission (telecommunications) , isolation (microbiology) , incidence (geometry) , environmental health , covid-19 , medical emergency , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , virology , pathology , philosophy , physics , theology , microbiology and biotechnology , optics , electrical engineering , biology , engineering

The importation of SARS was responsible for the outbreaks in Singapore, Hong Kong, Vietnam and Canada at a time when this new disease had not been identified. We report the incidence and impact of cases of SARS imported to Singapore between 25 February and 31 May 2003, and describe national measures to prevent further importation.

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