SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME (SARS) RESOURCES

This webpage contains selected resources on Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) including guidelines, journal articles, news, and links to health organizations around the world. This list is not exhaustive and we welcome feedback and suggestions for further additions.

 

SARS information around the world

• SARS Reported Cases - Summary/ Graph
  • University of Hong Kong. Faculty of Medicine.
    Information on SARS.. Provides valuable information on development and progress of SARS; joint symposium on atypical pneumonia with China, Hong Kong and Taiwan; and press releases on SARS research.
  • Hong Kong SAR. Department of Health.
    Situation Report, 28 May, 2004.
  • World Health Organization.
    Cumulative number of reported probable cases of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS).
  • World Health Organization.
    Epidemic curves - Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS).
  • U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
    Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). Surveillance and Reporting.
• China/ Hong Kong / Taiwan (ROC)
  • The University of Hong Kong. Media.
    HKU finds novel coronavirus can infect humans respiratory tract even better than SARS-CoV.
  • Hong Kong SAR. Department of Health, Centre for Health Protection.
    e-Resources - Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome(SARS).
  • Hong Kong SAR. Health, Welfare and Food Bureau.
    Checklist of measures to combat SARS.
  • Hong Kong SAR. Hospital Authority.
    Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome.
  • Hong Kong SAR. SARS Expert Committee.
    SARS in Hong Kong : from experience to action: report. (October 2, 2003)
  • 台灣. 中央硏究院.
    嚴重急性呼吸道症候群宗合資訉網.
• Canada
  • Health Canada.
    Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS).
  • Public Health Agency of Canada PHAC).
    Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS).
  • Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC).
    Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) Associated Coronavirus.
  • Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC).
    Public Health Notice: Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV)
  • The SARS Commission.
    The SARS Reports.
• United States
  • American Medical Association (AMA).
    Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) resources.
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
    Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS).
  • U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Food and Drug Administration.
    Guidance for Industry: Recommendations for the Assessment of Donor Suitability and Blood Product Safety in Cases of Suspected Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) or Exposure to SARS.
• World Health Organization (WHO)
  • World Health Organization. Department of Communicable Disease Surveillance and Response (2003).
    ! Outbreak.
  • World Health Organization (2003, October 17).
    Consensus document on the epidemiology of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).
  • World Health Organization (2003, September 23).
    Alert, verification and public health management of SARS in the post-outbreak period.
  • World Health Organization (2003, August 14).
    Alert, verification and public health management of SARS in the post-outbreak period: rationale for continued vigilance for SARS.
  • World Health Organization (2003, July 5).
    SARS: breaking the chains of transmission.
  • World Health Organization (2003, June).
    WHO Global Conference on Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) 17-18 June 2003.
  • World Health Organization (2003, May).
    Severve acute respiratory syndrome (SARS): status of the outbreak and lessons for the immediate future.
  • World Health Organization.
    Hospital infection control guidance for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS).
  • World Health Organization.
    Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS).
  • World Health Organization.
    Situation updates - Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS).
• Other Links
  • Australian Department of Health and Ageing.
    Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS).
  • MedlinePlus.
    Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome.
  • Singapore. Ministry of Health.
    SARS.
  • UK. Health Protection Agency.
    Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS).