Severe acute respiratory syndrome: External links

The following is a list of external links to worldwide health organizations and medical journals regarding the 2002-2003 outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).

Contents

1 Hong Kong Sites 2 People's Republic of China sites 3 Taiwan sites 4 Other Official Sites 5 Others 6 Journals

Hong Kong Sites

• Hospital Authority Internet (http://www.ha.org.hk/)
• HA Guidelines on SARS  (http://www.ha.org.hk/sars/guidelines/index.html)
  • Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (http://www.ha.org.hk/sars/sars_index_e.html) 嚴重急性呼吸系統綜合症 (http://www.ha.org.hk/sars/sars_index_c.html)
• Hong Kong Dept. of Health
  • Atypical Pneumonia (http://www.info.gov.hk/dh/ap.htm) [1] (http://www.info.gov.hk/dh/apc.htm) 非典型肺炎 (http://www.info.gov.hk/dh/apc.htm)
• Hong Kong SAR Government Information Centre
  • Atypical Pneumonia News (http://www.info.gov.hk/info/infection-enews.htm) 非典型肺炎新聞發布 (http://www.info.gov.hk/info/infection-cnews.htm)
• News in Focus (http://www.news.gov.hk/en/category/issues/html/index.htm) 新聞焦點 (http://www.news.gov.hk/tc/category/issues/html/index.htm)
• Hong Kong Health, Welfare & Food Bureau
  • Press Releases (http://www.hwfb.gov.hk/en/press/index.htm) 新聞發布 (http://www.hwfb.gov.hk/ch/press/index.htm)
• Hong Kong Medical Association (http://www.hkma.org/)
  • Outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in Hong Kong  (http://www.hkma.org/english/care/SARS-report-Eng.ppt)(PowerPoint) 嚴重急性呼吸道症候群 (http://www.hkma.org/chinese/care/SARS-report-Chin.ppt) (PowerPoint)
• Chinese University of Hong Kong
  • Hong Kong Bioinformatics Centre (http://www.hkbic.bch.cuhk.edu.hk/) The Coronavirus Genome Sequencing Project (http://www.hkbic.bch.cuhk.edu.hk/sequence/CorvirGenCUHK.doc) (Word Document)
  • Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Organ Imaging Radiological appearances of recent cases of atypical pneumonia in Hong Kong (http://www.droid.cuhk.edu.hk/web/atypical_pneumonia/atypical_pneumonia.htm) 香港發生嚴重非典型肺炎的個案所呈現的放射學徵狀 (http://www.droid.cuhk.edu.hk/web/atypical_pneumonia/atypical_pneumonia_c.htm)
  • Department of Anaesthesia & Intensive Care Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (http://www.aic.cuhk.edu.hk/web8/sudden_acute_respiratory_syndrom.htm)
  • Campus (SARS) Task Force (http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/sars/)
• Hong Kong Baptist University 香港浸會大學 (http://www.hkbu.edu.hk/)
  • 中醫藥學院 中醫藥與非典型肺炎 (http://www.clnc.scm.hkbu.edu.hk/)
• University of Hong Kong
  • Faculty of Medicine Press Conferences (http://www.hku.hk/facmed/press/index.htm)
  • University Health Service Coronavirus Pneumonia (http://www.hku.hk/uhs/he/flu/pneumonia.htm)
  • We Are With You 齊心行動 (http://www.hku.hk/gened/withu/)
  • 中醫藥學院預防非典型肺炎中藥處方 (http://www.hku.hk/chinmed/Web_frame/clinic/SARS/SARS_notice_chi.htm)

People's Republic of China sites

• Ministry of Health, PRC 中華人民共和國衛生部 (http://www.moh.gov.cn/)
  • 非典型肺炎防治專題 (http://www.moh.gov.cn/zhgl/zt/index.htm) 廣東省非典型肺炎防治預案 (http://www.moh.gov.cn/zhgl/zt/1200304120005.htm)
• Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention 中國疾病預防控制中心 (http://www.chinacdc.net.cn/)
  • 非典型肺炎專題 (http://www.chinacdc.net.cn/feiyan/default.asp) 非典型肺炎防治技術方案 (http://www.chinacdc.net.cn/feiyan/2003-3-28.htm)
• State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, PCR 中華人民共和國國家中醫藥管理局 (http://www.satcm.gov.cn/)
  • 非典型肺炎中醫藥防治技術方案（試行） (http://www.satcm.gov.cn/lanmu/yizheng/feidian_jishu.htm)
• Guangdong Center for Disease Control and Prevention 廣東省疾病預防控制中心 (http://www.cdcp.org.cn/)
• Beijing Center for Disease Control and Prevention 北京市疾病預防控制中心 (http://www.bjcdc.org/)
  • 非典型肺炎專題 (http://www.bjcdc.org/jkzl/zwfd.asp) SARS Topic (http://www.bjcdc.org/jkzl/ywfd.asp)

Taiwan sites

• Center for Disease Control, Taiwan (http://www.cdc.gov.tw/atyp/)
  • 嚴重急性呼吸道症候群 (非典型肺炎)資訊 (http://www.cdc.gov.tw/atyp/) Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (http://www.cdc.gov.tw/En/HealthTopic.ASP?Category=40)

Other Official Sites

• World Health Organization
  • Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (http://www.who.int/csr/sars/en/)
  • Western Pacific Region SARS (http://www.wpro.who.int/sars/)
  • Good summary of SARS from the WHO (http://www.who.int/csr/media/sars_wha.pdf)
  • 嚴重急性呼吸道綜合証的最新信息 (http://www.wpro.who.int/public/press_release/ch_sars.asp)
• US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/sars/)
  • Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report on SARS (http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/mguide_sars.html)
• Australian Dept. of Health & Aging (http://www.health.gov.au/)
  • Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (http://www.health.gov.au/sars.htm)
• Health Canada
  • Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/pphb-dgspsp/sars-sras/index.html)
  • Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre (http://www.bcgsc.ca/)
  • SARS  (http://www.bcgsc.ca/bioinfo/SARS/)(genomic sequence available for download) (http://www.bcgsc.ca/bioinfo/SARS/)
  • Canada, Ontario Ministry of Health & Long-Term Care (http://www.health.gov.on.ca/)
  • SARS: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (http://www.health.gov.on.ca/english/public/updates/archives/hu_03/hu_sars.html)
  • The Hospital for Sick Children (Toronto) (http://www.sickkids.ca/)
  • Paediatric Approach to SARS (http://www.sickkids.ca/healthcareprofessionals/custom/paeds_sars.asp)
• Toronto, Canada
  • SARS (http://www.city.toronto.on.ca/health/sars/index.htm)
• SingaporeMinistry of Health (http://www.moh.gov.sg/)
  • Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (http://www.gov.sg/moh/sars/index.html)
• UK Dept. of Health
  • Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (http://www.doh.gov.uk/sars/index.htm)
• UK Public Health Laboratory Service
  • Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (http://www.phls.co.uk/topics_az/SARS/menu.htm)

Others

• SARS virus: What is currently known about it? (http://www.thedoctorslounge.net/medlounge/articles/sars/index.htm)
• SARSDisease.org - collection of resources about SARS (Finland) (http://sarsdisease.org/)
• SARS pages of the Robert-Koch-Institute (Germany) (http://www.rki.de/INFEKT/ARSUU_E.HTM)
• Bernhard-Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (Hamburg, Germany) (http://www.bni.uni-hamburg.de/)
  • Preliminary RT-PCR Protocol for the Coronavirus suspected to be linked with SARS (http://www15.bni-hamburg.de/bni/bni2/neu2/getfile.acgi?area_engl=news&pid=620)
• McGill University - SARS Resources (http://www.health.library.mcgill.ca/resource/sars.htm)
• Daily epidemic graphs (http://www.diaspoir.net/health/sars/index.html)
• Using GIDEON to diagnose SARS (http://www.gideononline.com/case/sars.htm)

Journals

• British Medical Journal (BMJ) (http://bmj.com/)
  • Chan-Yeung M, Yu WC. Outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region: case report (http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7393/DC1). BMJ; published online 2003 12 April.
  • Obituaries: Carlo Urbani: World Health Organization official who raised the alarm over severe acute respiratory syndrome (http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7393/825). BMJ 2003 12 April; 326(7393): 825.
  • News: China joins global effort over pneumonia virus (http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7393/781). BMJ 2003 12 April; 326(7393): 781.
  • Fear of SARS thwarts medical education in Toronto (http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7393/784/c). BMJ 2003 12 April; 326(7393): 784.
  • Hong Kong and US scientists believe illness is a coronavirus (http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7392/727). BMJ 2003 5 April; 326:727.
  • Editorial: Sudden acute respiratory syndrome: may be a rehearsal for the next influenza pandemic (http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7391/669). BMJ 2003 29 March; 326:669-70.
  • News: Hong Kong virus spreads worldwide  (http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7391/677/a). BMJ 2003 29 March; 326:677.

• Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ)
  • Severe acute respiratory syndrome (http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/full/168/8/1013). CMAJ 2003 15 April; 168(8): 1013.

• Journal of the American Medical Association (http://www.jama.ama-assn.org)
  • Lew TW, Kwek TK, Tai D, Earnest A, Loo S, Singh K, Kwan KM, Chan Y, Yim CF, Bek SL, Kor AC, Yap WS, Chelliah YR, Lai YC, Goh SK.Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Critically Ill Patients with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome. (http://www.jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/290/3/374)JAMA. 2003 16 July;290(3):374-80.
  • Fowler RA, Lapinsky SE, Hallett D,Detsky AS, Sibbald WJ, Slutsky AS, Stewart TE.Critically Ill Patients With Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome. (http://www.jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/290/3/367)JAMA. 2003;290:367-373.

• The Lancet (http://www.thelancet.com/)
  • Falsey AR, Walsh EE. Novel coronavirus and severe acute respiratory syndrome (http://image.thelancet.com/extras/03cmt87web.pdf). The Lancet; published online 2003 8 April.
  • Ho W. Guideline on management of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) (http://image.thelancet.com/extras/03cmt89web.pdf). The Lancet; published online 2003 8 April.
  • Peiris JSM, Lai ST, Poon LLM, Guan Y, Yam LYC, Lim W, et al and members of the SARS study group. Coronavirus as a possible cause of severe acute respiratory syndrome (http://image.thelancet.com/extras/03art3477web.pdf). The Lancet; published online 2003 8 April.

• New England Journal of Medicine (http://www.nejm.org/)
  • NEJM Volume 348, Number 20 - 15 May 2003 - Special Issue on SARS (http://content.nejm.org/content/vol348/issue20/index.shtml?query=TOC)
  • Drosten C, Gnther S, Preiser W, van der Werf S, Brodt H-R, Becker S, et al. Identification of a novel coronavirus in patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome (http://content.nejm.org/cgi/reprint/NEJMoa030747v2.pdf). New Engl J Med; published online 2003 10 April.
  • Ksiazek TG, Erdman D, Goldsmith C, Zaki SR, Peret T, Emery S, et al for the SARS Working Group. A novel coronavirus associated with severe acute respiratory syndrome (http://content.nejm.org/cgi/reprint/NEJMoa030781v1.pdf). New Engl J Med; published online 2003 10 April.
  • Lee N, Hui D, Wu A, Chan P, Cameron P, Joynt GM, et al. A major outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome in Hong Kong (http://content.nejm.org/cgi/reprint/NEJMoa030685v1.pdf). New Engl J Med; published online 2003 7 April.
  • Gerberding JL. Faster . . . but fast enough? Responding to the epidemic of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (http://content.nejm.org/cgi/reprint/NEJMe030067v1.pdf). New Engl J Med; published online 2003 2 April.
  • Drazen JM. Case clusters of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/abstract/NEJMe030062v1). New Engl J Med; published online 2003 31 March.
  • Poutanen SM, Low DE, Henry B, Finkelstein S, Rose D, Green K, et al, for the National Medical Laboratory, Canada, and the Canadian SARS Study Team. Identification of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome in Canada (http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/abstract/NEJMoa030634v1). New Engl J Med; published online 2003 31 March.
  • Tsang KW, Ho PL, Ooi GC, Yee WK, Wang T, Chan-Yeung M, et al. A cluster of cases of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome in Hong Kong (http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/abstract/NEJMoa030666v1). New Engl J Med; published online 2003 31 March.

• Public Library of Science
  • (2004) Structure of a Conserved RNA Element in the SARS Virus Genome Determined. (http://www.plosbiology.org/plosonline/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371%2Fjournal.pbio.0030029) PLoS Biol 3(1): e29.

• Science Magazine Special Online Collection: SARS (http://www.sciencemag.org/feature/data/sars/). May 2003