Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome: Lessons from Singapore

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome: Lessons from Singapore

Kamaljit Singh, Li Yang Hsu, Jorge S. Villacian, Abdulrazaq Habib, Dale Fisher, Paul A. Tambyah

An outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) occurred in Singapore in March 2003. To illustrate the problems in diagnosing and containing SARS in the hospital, we describe a case series and highlight changes in triage and infection control practices that resulted. By implementing these changes, we have stopped the nosocomial transmission of the virus.

2003

Singapore

DOI: 10.3201/eid0910.030388

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Infectious and parasitic diseases, Medicine

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