SAR HS 325 Lecture 8: SARS
6 Feb 2019
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Face to face contact but also contaminated objects. Severe case: increasing lack of oxygen in blood-> can be fatal. Recovery phase: begins around 14-18 days after the onset of symptoms. Wet markets allowed horseshoe bats to come in contact with palm civet and sars went from palm to humans. Believed to be the source of the spread of sars to other countries. Doc from guangdong checks into hotel- he had treated atypical pneumonia)-infects 12 other guests. Sars is defined after 18 new cases and 50 new symps in hong kong. Singapore reports cases - flight attendant- 100 others infected. Hong kong dept of health issues isolation order of amoy garden. Chinese gov discloses actual # of sars-> much highers than they had been reporting. May 2003:new hospital constructed in a week for this. 150 taiwanese docs quit in fear of contracting disease-> shuts down 9 major hosp.
