CDC says U.S. has 35 probable SARS cases
Emergency Management Alert, April 23, 2003
About 35 Americans have probable cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) using the definition of the disease followed by the rest of the world, the Associated Press reports.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) lists 208 Americans from 34 states as probable or suspected SARS cases, but only 35 of them meet the definition for probable cases of the disease set by the World Health Organization (WHO). The CDC plans to begin using the WHO definition to keep from exaggerating the problem by including patients who aren't considered SARS patients elsewhere.
Many of the suspected U.S. cases had only mild flu-like symptoms, and less than 25% were hospitalized. Most were on the list because they recently traveled to a part of the world with SARS. A suspected case is someone with a temperature of more than 100.4 degrees, a respiratory illness such as a cough, shortness of breath or trouble breathing, and travel to an area where SARS is prevalent.
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