Learning from Sars: Preparing for the Next Disease Outbreak: Workshop Summary

by Stacey L. Knobler, Board on Global Health, Forum on Microbial Threats, et al.

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309091543
• ISBN13: 9780309091541
• Release Date: May 2004
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 8.2"