Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS): The traveller's dilemma

Abstract

The outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) also known as "atypical pneumonia" in Cuangdong Province, China in November 2002 and the subsequent spread to Hong Kong by mid-February 2003 highlights the importance of emerging diseases in clinical practice.

Keywords

• severe acute respiratory syndrome (sars)
• atypical pneumonia