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Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) Resources

Centers for Disease Control

For the latest information from the CDC, visit their SARS Resource Section

• Public Health Guidance for Community-Level Preparedness and Response to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) - Draft

• Interim Definitions & Criteria: Travel Alerts vs. Travel Advisories

• Travel Advisories for Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore and Mainland China and Alert for Hanoi, Viet Nam

• Interim Recommendations for Cleaning and Disinfection of the SARS Patient Environment

• Interim Domestic Guidance on Persons Who May Have Been Exposed to Patients with Suspected SARS in Chinese, Vietnamese, and French; updated for English

• Interim Guidance on Infection Control Precautions for Patients with Suspected Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome(SARS) and Close Contacts in Households in Chinese, Vietnamese, Spanish, and French; updated for English

• Basic Information About SARS made available in Chinese, Vietnamese, and French; updated for Spanish and English

• Fact Sheet for Close Contacts of SARS Patients made available in Chinese, Vietnamese, and French; updated for Spanish and English

CDC Updates

• Update: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome --- United States, 2003, May 2, 2003

• Updated Interim Surveillance Case Definition for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) --- United States, April 29, 2003, MMWR

• Frequently Asked Questions: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)

• Interim U.S. Case Definition of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)

• SARS Coronavirus Sequence

• Interim Guidance: Air Medical Transport for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) Patients

• Interim Guidelines about Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) for Persons in the General Workplace Environment

• Interim Domestic Guidelines for Triage and Disposition of Patients Who May Have Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)

• Interim Domestic Infection Control Guidance in the Health-Care and Community Setting for Patients with Suspected SARS

• Interim Domestic Guidance on the Use of Respirators to Prevent Transmission of SARS

• Instructions for Collecting and Shipping Internationally Originated Laboratory Specimens Associated with SARS with Corresponding Epidemiologic and Clinical Information