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dc.contributor.authorAnones_ES
dc.date.accessioned2015
dc.date.available2015
dc.date.issued2004es_ES
dc.identifier.citationAnon (2004) Guía para preparar a los servicios locales de salud ante la aparición de casos de síndrome respiratorio agudo grave (SARS). Rev Panam Salud Publica;15(4),abr. 2004. Retrieved from http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1020-49892004000400015es_ES
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1020-49892004000400015es_ES
dc.identifier.urihttps://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/8271
dc.relation.ispartofseriesRev Panam Salud Publica;15(4),abr. 2004es_ES
dc.titleGuía para preparar a los servicios locales de salud ante la aparición de casos de síndrome respiratorio agudo grave (SARS)es_ES
dc.title.alternativePreparatory guidelines for local health services on how to respond to new cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)es_ES
dc.typeJournal articlesen_US
dc.rights.holderPan American Health Organizationen_US
dc.description.notesThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of the United States of America recently issued a set of guidelines on how different community health services should prepare for and respond to the reemergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). This document summarizes the recommendations of the CDC for basic health services. Disease surveillance in communities and hospitals should be performed in light of existing information on risk factors, particularly those related to geographic dissemination patterns and to documented transmission of SARS-CoV, the coronavirus that causes SARS. As long as no cases of person-to-person disease transmission are reported anywhere in the world, efforts should be aimed at early detection and notification of cases and of groups of people who are in contact with one another and who have severe respiratory infections of undetermined cause, such as pneumonia, which could signal the reemergence of SARS. If cases of transmission of SARS-CoV have been reported, the aim should be to immediately identify and notify any cases detected in order to take appropriate diagnostic and therapeutic measures and to facilitate outbreak control. The reach of surveillance and reporting activities in specific communities should depend on how widely the disease has spread, both in the community and in local health services. Physicians and public health workers should be familiar with ways to detect SARS cases early, as well as with existing norms for reporting any cases detected. (AU)en_US


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