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In response to the global outbreak of a newly identified disease, Severe Acute Respiratory
System, the Hartford Public Library provides the following links to national and state information regarding the disease. Health Canada is a website that
is updated frequently and has a page on the actual numbers of
reported cases. U.S.Food and Drug Administration
hosts a webpage on SARS and what the FDA is doing to fight the
disease and its efforts to develop a vaccine. China Internet Information Center
hosts a webpage in English on the SARS breakout in China.
Centers for Disease
Control
– “Update: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome ---
United States,
May 14, 2003”
Severe Acute
Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
- This is
the home page of SARS from the Centers for Disease Control. You
will find links to a frequently asked questions (faqs) page, a fact
sheet for close contacts and a quarantine fact sheet.
National
Center for Infectious Diseases
- You will find links to the latest travel advisories, health alerts,
advice for travelers, and a case definition web page
World Health
Organization
– The World
Health Organization posts information on the spread of the SARS
disease. This web page has been created to provide the public and
professionals information about Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS).
The site will be updated daily to ensure that the most current
information is available.
University of
Connecticut
– Fact sheet for Uconn students who may have been exposed to a
student with a suspected case of SARS.
Connecticut
Department of Public Health
– The department issued two news releases regarding SARS in
Connecticut. Periodical and Newspaper Articles The Hartford Public Library offers access to articles through its iConn database service for patrons of Connecticut libraries. You will need your library card to log into the database. “WHO issues a global alert. (SARS risks).”Medical Letter on the CDC & FDA April 6, 2003 p10. “SARS cases mount as WHO warns travelers.” United Press International April 3, 2003 p1008092. Infectious disease--a global health threat: report of the National Science and Technology Council, Committee on International Science, Engineering, and Technology, Working Group on Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases. [Washington, D.C.?] :Executive Office of the President of the United States, [1995] (RA643 .I53 1995 Oversize) Ryan, Frank. Virus X: tracking the new killer plagues: out of the present and into the future / Frank Ryan. Boston: Little, Brown, 1997. (RA643 .R93 1997) Garrett, Laurie. The coming plague: newly emerging diseases in a world out of balance. New York: Penguin, 1994. (RA651 .G37 1995) (RA651 .G37 1995) Rob DeSalle, editor. Epidemic!: the world of infectious disease. New York: New Press: Distributed by W.W. Norton, 1999. (RA651 .E596 1999) Hurst,Sam, producer and Ned Judge, director, written by Sam Hurst and Ned Judge. The Coming plague. Burbank, CA: Warner Home Video, 1997. (Video - Science/C )
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