SARS appears on the wane, but experts warn it could return
Hospital Safety Connection, June 19, 2003
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The World Health Organization says the spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) has been stopped for now, but health experts at a June 18 conference in Malaysia said the disease could always reappear, the Associated Press reports.
Global health experts urged increased testing of drugs to quickly fight the next outbreak of SARS or an unknown disease.
SARS is believed to have originated in civet cats and other animals sold at food markets in southern China, where the first case of what was later identified as SARS was reported last November. The flu-like illness killed about 800 people and sickened more than 8,400 worldwide, but new cases have dropped off sharply in recent weeks. Credit for the slowdown mainly goes to traditional containment techniques such as quarantine.
More research is necessary, but health officials believe eliminating the virus is impossible if SARS is indeed carried in animals.
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