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The impact of public health control measures during the SARS epidemic in mainland China
Author(s) -
De Vlas Sake J.,
Feng Dan,
Cooper Ben S.,
Fang LiQun,
Cao WuChun,
Richardus Jan Hendrik
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
tropical medicine and international health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.056
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 1365-3156
pISSN - 1360-2276
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2009.02348.x
Subject(s) - mainland china , public health , china , environmental health , mainland , covid-19 , medicine , geography , socioeconomics , virology , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease , sociology , nursing , archaeology , pathology
Summary We tracked the effective reproductive number ( R t ) over time to assess the impact of important public health control measures in the five most SARS‐affected geographic areas in mainland China. As soon as the Chinese authorities gained full control of all activities to combat SARS, R t decreased dramatically and consistently below one. Many control measures that seriously affected public life were implemented afterwards, i.e., when the epidemic was already dying down.