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Title

Severe acute respiratory syndrome / edited by Malik Peiris [and others].

Publication

Malden, Mass : Blackwell Pub., 2005.

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Additional Authors

Peiris, Malik.

Description

xv, 263 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Subjects

• Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
• Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome > prevention & control
• Disease Outbreaks > prevention & control
• SARS (Disease)

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. SARS : a historical perspective from Hong Kong / Kwok-yung Yuen and Nan-shan Zhong -- 2. SARS : a global perspective / David L. Heymann -- 3. Clinical presentation of the disease in adults / J. Y. Sung and Kwok-yung Yuen -- 4. SARS in children / C. W. Leung -- 5. SARS : sequelae and implications for rehabilitation / David S. Hui and Kenneth W. Tsang -- 6. Radiology of SARS / Clara G. C. Ooi -- 7. Aetiology of SARS / Malik Peiris and Albert D. M. E. Osterhaus -- 8. Structure of the genome of SARS CoV / Paul A. Rota, Xin Liu, Byron T. Cook and Suxiang Tong -- 9. Viral diagnosis of SARS / C. Drosten, K. H. Chan and L. L. M. Poon -- 10. Pathology and pathogenesis / J. M. Nicholls and T. Kuiken -- 11. SARS coronavirus : an animal reservoir? / Yi Guan, Hume Field, Gavin J. D. Smith and Honglin Chen -- 12. Comparative biology of animal coronaviruses : lessons for SARS / Linda J. Saif -- 13. Epidemiology and transmission of SARS / Angela Merianos, Robert Condon, Hitoshi Oshitani, Denise Werker and Roberta Andraghetti -- 14. Transmission dynamics and control of the viral aetiological agent of SARS / Gabriel M. Leung, Anthony J. Hedley, Tai Hing Lam, Azra C. Ghani, Christl A. Donnelly, Christophe Fraser, Steven Riley, Neil M. Ferguson and Roy M. Anderson -- 15. The seasonality of respiratory virus diseases : implications for SARS? / J. C. de Jong and W. L. Lim -- 16. Public health response : a view from Singapore / Chorh Chuan Tan -- 17. Public health response : a view from Hong Kong / T. Tsang -- 18. Public health response : a view from a region with a low incidence of SARS / James W. LeDuc -- 19. Infection control for SARS : causes of success and failure / W. H. Seto, P. T. Y. Ching and P. L. Ho -- 20. Antiviral agents for SARS / Frederick G. Hayden and Mark R. Denison -- 21. Vaccines / Kanta Subbarao -- 22. Counting the economic cost of SARS / Y. C. Richard Wong and Alan Siu -- 23. Preparing for a possible resurgence of SARS / Umesh D. Parashar, Angela Merianos, Cathy Roth and Larry J. Anderson -- 24. Lessons for the future : pandemic influenza / Robert G. Webster and David S. Fedson -- 25. Lessons learnt / Albert D. M. E. Osterhaus and Malik Peiris.

ISBN

1405130318 (alk. paper)

LCCN

• 2004030180
• 9781405130318

OCLC

• ocm57311420
• SCSB-5217126

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries