sars in taiwan...
 

is it back?

:cool: news said the guy is working in laboratory and probably contacted the virus at work. same thing not long ago in singapore and it was contained.:rolleyes:

How did it go.??

One swallow does not a summer make

One isolated case, especially this one, does not an epidemic make....... I hope aaaaaghh!!!!

they were culturing this virus in Level 2 labs in HK after being told by the WHO that they need Level 3 labs. They will never learn..............:mad:

reported on the news last night:

"it leaked out from a torn plastic bag"

These people are playing with something that virtually destoyed Asia's economy for three months and they cant even contain it.

mmmmm... shark fin soup....

DGReview


Risk of SARS Transmission During Airline Travel May Depend on if Infected Traveller is Symptomatic
A DGReview of :"Transmission of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome on Aircraft"
New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM)

12/19/2003
By Joene Hendry


The overall risk of transmitting severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) during airline travel is low, but a traveller in the symptomatic phase of SARS could pose significant risk to nearby passengers.

Sonja J. Olsen, PhD, of the International Emerging Infections Program of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Nonthaburi, Thailand, and colleagues reviewed data from 3 airline flights that transported laboratory-confirmed SARS-infected individuals during the early part of the SARS outbreak in 2003.

March 15, 2003, a 3-hour flight from Hong Kong to Beijing, carried a passenger with symptoms of fever and cough who was returning from visiting a SARS-infected family member. Of the 119 other passengers on the flight, 16 developed laboratory-confirmed SARS, 2 were diagnosed with probable SARS, and 4 others reportedly had SARS but could not be interviewed.

Eight of the 23 passengers seated in the 3 rows in front of the index passenger were subsequently diagnosed with SARS compared with 10 of the 88 passengers seated elsewhere in the airplane. The time from the flight to the onset of symptoms ranged from 2 to 8 days, with a mean of 4 days' incubation. The researchers could not identify any alternative exposures before or after the flight among the passengers who became ill.

In a 90-minute flight from Hong Kong to Taipei on March 21, 4 symptomatic passengers flew with 242 other passengers, but just 1 other passenger subsequently developed a probable case of SARS.

In contrast, another 90 minute flight on February 21 from Hong Kong to Taipei carried 1 asymptomatic passenger who developed a fever 4 days after the flight and was later found seropositive for the SARS-associated coronavirus. Routine surveillance of 77% of the other passengers detected no SARS transmission.

"The fact that the virus appeared to be transmitted by passengers who were in the symptomatic phase of illness but not by those who were in the presymptomatic phase," the authors note, "suggests that the risk of transmission varies according to the phase of illness." Other factors that could affect the risk of transmission are flight duration, the aircraft ventilation system, and the aircraft size and type. The same model of aircraft was used in the 2 flights with 1 or no transmission, and both flights were of shorter duration than the flight with higher transmission rates.

"In certain circumstances, the risk of transmission from a patient with SARS during an airplane flight may be significant," the authors conclude, "and further attention to measures that can reduce the likelihood of transmission is warranted."

N Engl J Med 2003;349:2416-22. "Transmission of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome on Aircraft"

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