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Severe acute respiratory syndrome in China reviewed.
2004 OCT 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists review severe acute respiratory syndrome in China in a recent issue of the British Dental Journal.
"The health profession faces a new challenge with the emergence of a novel viral disease, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), a form of atypical pneumonia caused by a coronavirus termed SARS-CoV. This highly infectious disease has spread through 32 countries, infecting more than 8,400 patients with over 790 deaths in just over 6 months. Over one-quarter of those infected were unsuspecting health care workers," investigators in China report.
"The major transmission mode of SARS-coronavirus appears to be through droplet spread with other minor subsidiary modes of transmission such as close contact and fomites, although air-borne transmission has not been ruled out," said R. W. K. Li at the University of Hong Kong and collaborators in Hong Kong. "There is as yet no definitive treatment protocol. Although the peak period of the outbreak is likely to have passed and the risk of SARS in the UK is therefore assessed to be low, the World Health Organization has asked all countries to remain vigilant lest SARS re-emerges."
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Source: HighBeam Research, Severe acute respiratory syndrome in China reviewed.