Amedeo SARS - May 2003 Current issue   May 31 CDC Diagnosis/Evaluation May 30 Fact Sheet for Clinicians: Interpreting SARS Test Results from CDC and Other Public Health Laboratories May 30 Coronavirus Antibody Testing at State Public Health Laboratories May 30 RT-PCR Testing at the Laboratory Response Network May 30 WHO Update 70 - Singapore removed from list of areas with local SARS transmission May 30   May 30 CMAJ Monica Avendano, Peter Derkach, Susan Swan Clinical course and management of SARS in health care workers in Toronto: a case series (PDF, 300 KB) May 28 BMJ Data show that SARS is gradually coming under control May 31 Toronto succumbs to SARS a second time May 31 WHO continues fight against SARS May 31 WHO SARS outbreak in the Philippines May 30 Update 69 - Severe acute respiratory syndrome May 29   May 29 CDC Update: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome - United States, May 28, 2003 May 28 WHO Update 68 - SARS situation in Taiwan May 28   May 28 WHO Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) Report by the Secretariat (6 pp, PDF, 112 KB) May 27 Update 67 - SARS resolution approved, situation in Taiwan May 27   May 26 WHO Update 66 - Situation in Toronto, interpretation of "areas with recent local transmission" May 26 Health Canada Infection Control Guidance for Respirators (Masks) worn by Health Care Workers - Frequently Asked Questions SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME (SARS) May 26 Cluster of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Cases Among Protected Health Care Workers - Toronto, April 2003 May 15   May 25 WHO Update 65 - Situation in Toronto May 24   May 24 Science Marc Lipsitch, Ted Cohen, Ben Cooper, et al. Transmission Dynamics and Control of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Science, May 23 Steven Riley, Christophe Fraser, Christl A. Donnelly, et al. Transmission Dynamics of the Etiological Agent of SARS in Hong Kong: Impact of Public Health Interventions Science, May 23 Coronavirus Main Proteinase (3CLpro) Structure: Basis for Design of Anti-SARS Drugs Science, May 13 WHO Update 64 - Situation in Toronto, detection of SARS-like virus in wild animals May 23 CDC Travel Alert Reinstated: Toronto, Ontario, Canada May 23 Updated Case Definition May 23   May 23 Radiology Wong KT, Antonio GE, Hui D, et al. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome: Radiographic Appearances and Pattern of Progression in 138 Patients. Published online before print May 20, 2003 Wong KT, Antonio GE, Hui D, et al. Thin-Section CT of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome: Evaluation of 73 Patients Exposed to or with the Disease1 Published online before print May 8, 2003 WHO Summary of WHO measures related to international travel May 23 Update 63 - World Health Organization changes Hong Kong, Guangdong travel recommendations May 23 Summary of SARS and air travel May 23 Procedures for prevention and management of probable cases of SARS on international cargo vessels May 23 Update 62 - More than 8000 cases reported globally, situation in Taiwan, data on in-flight transmission, report on Henan Province, China May 22 SARS Travel Recommendations Summary Table May 22 CDC Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome - Taiwan, 2003 May 22 Update: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome - United States, May 21, 2003 May 22 CDC Telebriefing Transcript - Update on Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) May 22 Lancet Chandra Wickramasinghe SARS--a clue to its origins? May 23   May 22 WHO Meeting on SARS virus detection and survival in food and water, Madrid, 8-9 May 2003 May 22 SARS: Status of the outbreak and lessons for the immediate future (105 KB) May 22 WHO Environmental Health Team Reports on Amoy Gardens (PDF) May 16 Emerging Infectious Diseases Control Measures for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in Taiwan May 20   May 21 WHO Update 61 - WHO extends its SARS related travel advice to all of Taiwan province, China May 21 Summary of WHO measures related to international travel May 21 CDC Interim Travel Advisory: Taiwan May 20   May 20 WHO Update 60 - Philippines removed from list of areas with recent local transmission May 20 CDC Persons Who May Have Been Exposed to Patients with Suspected SARS May 20 Interim Domestic Infection Control Precautions for Aerosol-Generating Procedures on Patients with SARS May 20 Respiratory Protection May 20 Travel Alert Removed: Toronto, Ontario, Canada ( May 20   May 13-19 Lancet Nicholls JM, Poon L, Lee KC, et al. Lung pathology of fatal severe acute respiratory syndrome May 16 Fisher DA, et al. Atypical presentation of SARS May 17 Klaus Stöhr, WHO A multicentre collaboration to investigate the cause of severe acute respiratory syndrome May 16 Nature Fouchier R, Kuiken T, Schutten M, et al. Aetiology: Koch's postulates fulfilled for SARS virus May 15 New England Journal of Medicine Wenzel RP, Edmond MB Managing SARS amidst Uncertainty May 17 Holmes KV SARS-Associated Coronavirus May 17 WHO Update 59 - Report on Guangxi (China) visit, situation in Taiwan, risk of SARS transmission during air travel May 19 WHO extends its SARS-related travel advice to Hebei province in China May 17 Update 58 - First global consultation on SARS epidemiology, travel recommendations for Hebei Province (China), situation in Singapore May 17 Update 57 - Situation in China, guidance for mass gatherings, stability of the SARS virus, more than 600 deaths globally May 16 WHO Recommendations on SARS and Blood Safety May 15 Guidance for Mass Gatherings: hosting persons arriving from an area with recent local transmission of SARS May 15 Update 56 - Situation in China, new WHO guidelines on blood safety, guidance for mass gatherings May 15 Update 55 - Change in status of Toronto, situation in China and Singapore May 14 Update 54 - Outbreaks in the initial “hot zones” indicate that SARS can be contained May 13 CDC Travel Alert Removed: Hanoi, Vietnam May 15 Safe Handling of Human Remains of SARS Patients May 15 MMWR: Cluster of SARS Cases Among Protected Health-Care Workers - Toronto, Canada, April 2003 May 15 Update: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome - United States May 14 Interim Guidance for Institutions or Organizations Hosting Persons Arriving in the United States from Areas with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) May 14 Interim Guidelines for Businesses and Other Organizations with Employees Returning to the United States from Areas with SARS May 14   May 12 WHO Update 53 - Situation in Singapore and Hong Kong, interpretation of "areas with recent local transmission" May 12   May 10 JAMA Booth CM, Matukas, LM, Tomlinson GA Clinical Features and Short-term Outcomes of 144 Patients With SARS in the Greater Toronto Area JAMA 2003; 289 May 6 Masur H, Emanuel E, Lane HC Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome - Providing Care in the Face of Uncertainty JAMA 2003; 289 May 6 WHO Update 52 - Situation in China, the Philippines, and Mongolia May 10   May 9 Lancet Peiris J, Chu CM, Cheng V, et al. Clinical progression and viral load in a community outbreak of coronavirus-associated SARS pneumonia: a prospective study Lancet 2003; 361 May 9 Ruan Y, Wei CL, Ee LA, et al. Comparative full-length genome sequence analysis of 14 SARS coronavirus isolates and common mutations associated with putative origins of infection Lancet 2003; 361 May 9 So L, Lau A, Yam L, et al. Development of a standard treatment protocol for severe acute respiratory syndrome Lancet 2003; 361 May 9 Razum O, Becher H, Kapaun A, Junghanss T SARS, lay epidemiology, and fear Lancet 2003; 361 May 9 BMJ Jane Parry Containment of SARS depends on how it is handled in China BMJ 2003;326:1004 May 10 WHO Update 51 - Situation in China, more than 7000 SARS cases and 500 deaths reported globally May 9 Summary of WHO measures related to international travel May 9 CDC Update: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome - United States, 2003 MMWR 2003; 52: 411-3. May 9 Telebriefing Transcript: CDC Update on Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) May 8   May 8 WHO Update 50 - WHO extends its SARS-related travel advice to Tianjin, Inner Mongolia and Taipei in China May 8 CDC Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome --- Singapore, 2003 May 8   May 7 WHO Update 49 - SARS case fatality ratio, incubation period May 7 CDC CDC Telebriefing Transcript - CDC Update on Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) May 6 Interim Travel Alert: Singapore May 6 Lancet Donnelly CA, Ghani AC, Leung GM, et al. Epidemiological determinants of spread of causal agent of severe acute respiratory syndrome in Hong Kong May 7 SARS Reference Preiser W, Drosten C Virology (165 kb) May 7   May 6 WHO Update 48 - Hong Kong: "Heroic" strides forward in containing the SARS outbreak; situation in China May 6 CDC Updated SARS Information for Travelers May 6   May 5 WHO Update 47 - Studies of SARS virus survival, situation in China May 5 WHO measures related to international travel May 5 CDC SARS Information in Other Languages Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), French, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Vietnamese May 5 SARS Training and Reference Materials April 5   May 4 WHO First data on stability and resistance of SARS coronavirus compiled by members of WHO laboratory network May 4   May 3 WHO Update 46 - WHO sends team to Taiwan, situation in China May 3 Travel advice for Toronto (Canada) lifted Wkly Epidemiol Rec 2003;78:145 May 3 Viet Nam SARS-free Wkly Epidemiol Rec 2003;78:145-6. May 3   May 2 WHO Update 45 - Situation in China, more than 6000 cases globally, areas with recent local transmission May 3 BMJ Jane Parry SARS may have peaked in Canada, Hong Kong, and Vietnam BMJ 2003;326:947 May 3 CDC Update: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome - United States, 2003 MMWR 2003; 52: 388-91. May 2 Lancet Seto WH, Tsang D, Yung RWH, et al. Effectiveness of precautions against droplets and contact in prevention of nosocomial transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) - free registration is needed Lancet 2003; 361: 1519-20 May 3 Kontoyiannis DP, Pasqualini R, Arap W. Aminopeptidase N inhibitors and SARS Lancet 2003; 361: 1558 May 3   May 1 WHO Case Definitions for Surveillance of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) May 1 Use of laboratory methods for SARS diagnosis May 1 Update 44 - Situation in China, revised case definition, support to national labs May 1 Science Marra MA, Jones SJM, Astell CR, et al. The Genome Sequence of the SARS-Associated Coronavirus (full-text) May 1 Rota PA, Oberste MS, Monroe SS, et al. Characterization of a Novel Coronavirus Associated with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (full-text) May 1 Bloom BR. Lessons from SARS May 1 Emerging Infectious Diseases Hsu LY, Lee CC, Green JA, et al. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in Singapore: Clinical Features of Index Patient and Initial Contacts April 30   April 30 WHO Prospective study of the clinical progression and viral load of SARS associated coronavirus pneumonia in a community outbreak April 30 Update 43 - Situation in China: more cases than the rest of the world combined April 30 Interim Travel Alert: Taiwan April 29 Updated Interim Surveillance Case Definition for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) MMWR 2003; 52:391-3. April 29 SARS Infection Control and Exposure Management April 29   April 29 WHO Update 42 - Travel advice for Toronto, situation in China April 29 Sampling for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) diagnostic tests April 29 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), Laboratory diagnostic tests April 29 Recommendations for laboratories testing for SARS-coronavirus April 29 CDC Updated Travel Advisories and Alerts April 29 Lancet Hon KLE, Leung CW, Cheng WTF, et al. Clinical presentations and outcome of severe acute respiratory syndrome in children Lancet, Published online April 29, 2003 April 29   Design: Hosting: MMV