[PDF] Sars eBook

Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 11,98 MB
Release : 2004-04-26
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0309182158

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The emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in late 2002 and 2003 challenged the global public health community to confront a novel epidemic that spread rapidly from its origins in southern China until it had reached more than 25 other countries within a matter of months. In addition to the number of patients infected with the SARS virus, the disease had profound economic and political repercussions in many of the affected regions. Recent reports of isolated new SARS cases and a fear that the disease could reemerge and spread have put public health officials on high alert for any indications of possible new outbreaks. This report examines the response to SARS by public health systems in 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.

Author : Connie Goldsmith
Publisher : Twenty-First Century Books ™
Page : 127 pages
File Size : 38,41 MB
Release : 2021-09-07
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 1728436451

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While many scientists believed influenza would cause the next great pandemic, no one was prepared for the new strain of coronavirus that appeared in 2019. SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, has infiltrated every country and put global public health and the economy at risk. Health-care systems have been pushed to the limit as protective gear, life-saving equipment, tests, and vaccines are scarce and in high demand. From the initial infection to the widespread impact on daily life, Understanding Coronaviruses examines the intricacies of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 and how they compare to previous viruses and pandemics.

Author : Tim Brookes
Publisher : American Public Health Association
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 34,23 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780875530468

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This exciting book tells the story of the recent Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) outbreak. Follow the SARS trail from rural China as it spreads to various places in the world. See how seemingly casual contacts help the disease spread like wildfire. Work alongside the many infectious disease specialists from health organizations around the world as they painstakingly trace the disease to its origins and simultaneously work on treatments-all the time knowing that each hour of delay allows the disease to spread even further.

Author : Dave Cavanagh
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 22,71 MB
Release : 2008-09-02
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781588298676

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In 2003, the word "coronavirus" spread across the globe, somewhat further than the virus that sparked the panic. In this book, expert researchers examine these devastating viruses through 23 state-of-the-art, widely applicable protocols with minute detail. Comprehensive and cutting-edge, the book serves as an ideal guide for all virologists and especially for those working with coronaviruses. Written by international experts, this book is relevant to a wide array of professions.

Author : John Henry Powers
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 27,13 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 902720618X

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When the SARS virus began its spread from southern China around the world in spring 2003, it caught regional and international health officials by surprise. The SARS epidemic itself lasted for only a few months, whereas its treatment, in communicative terms, keeps providing us with important lessons that can prepare us all for the much larger pandemic that many are predicting will eventually occur. While the medical aspects of SARS are now relatively well understood, the discursive rhetorical dimensions are much less so. As an international epidemic, SARS arrived in a number of distinctive societies with the result that different communities handled the crisis in different ways, some far more effectively than others. Accordingly, the 12 chapters in The Social Construction of SARS are studies of how a major health-related crisis was understood and dealt with from a communicative perspective in such diverse places as Hong Kong, mainland China, Singapore, Taiwan, Canada and the United States during the SARS outbreak.

Author : Arthur Kleinman
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 39,73 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780804753142

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This book examines the structure and impact of the SARS epidemic, and its short- and medium-range implications for an interconnected, globalized world. In so doing, it poses a question of the greatest possible significance: Can we learn from SARS before the next pandemic?

Author : Joaquima Serradell
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 36,92 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Diseases
ISBN : 143810166X

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An abbreviation for severe acute respiratory syndrome, SARS is a potentially deadly viral illness caused by a coronavirus.

Author : Axel Schmidt
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 42,12 MB
Release : 2005-02-17
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9783764364625

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-SARS has received much attention and coverage by the media and has a high impact on the public making this a hot research topic for scientists. -