SARS : reception and interpretation in three Chinese cities /

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SARS (Acute Respiratory Syndrome) first presented itself to the global medical community as a case of atypical pneumonia in one small Chinese village in November 2002. Three months later the mysterious illness rapidly spread and appeared in Vietnam, Hong Kong, Toronto and then Singapore. The high fa...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Davis, Deborah (HerausgeberIn)
Weitere Verfasser:
Siu, Helen F. (HerausgeberIn)
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
London : Routledge, 2006.
2017.
Zusammenfassung:
SARS (Acute Respiratory Syndrome) first presented itself to the global medical community as a case of atypical pneumonia in one small Chinese village in November 2002. Three months later the mysterious illness rapidly spread and appeared in Vietnam, Hong Kong, Toronto and then Singapore. The high fatality rate and sheer speed at which this disease spread prompted the World Health Organization to initiate a medieval practice of quarantine in the absence of any scientific knowledge of the disease. Now three years on from the initital outbreak, SARS poses no major threat and has vanished from
Umfang:
1 online resource (193 p.)
Anmerkungen:
Description based upon print version of record.
Anmerkungen:
English
ISBN:
9786610704736
9789812384423
9812384421
9781135985264
113598526X
9781135985271
1135985278
9781280704734
128070473X
9780203967690
0203967690
Schlagworte:
SARS (Disease) > China.
Public health.
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