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- Title
Border screening for SARS.
- Authors
St John, Ronald K; King, Arlene; de Jong, Dick; Bodie-Collins, Margaret; Squires, Susan G; Tam, Theresa W S
- Abstract
With the rapid international spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) from March through May 2003, Canada introduced various measures to screen airplane passengers at selected airports for symptoms and signs of SARS. The World Health Organization requested that all affected areas screen departing passengers for SARS symptoms. In spite of intensive screening, no SARS cases were detected. SARS has an extremely low prevalence, and the positive predictive value of screening is essentially zero. Canadian screening results raise questions about the effectiveness of available screening measures for SARS at international borders.
- Publication
Emerging infectious diseases, 2005, Vol 11, Issue 1, p6
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.3201/eid1101.040835