The impact of public health control measures during the SARS epidemic in mainland China

Sake de Vlas; D Feng; BS Cooper; LQ Fang; W-C Cao; Jan hendrik Richardus

doi:10.1111/j.1365-3156.2009.02348.x

The impact of public health control measures during the SARS epidemic in mainland China

Sake de Vlas, D Feng, BS Cooper, LQ Fang, W-C Cao, Jan hendrik Richardus

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Abstract

P>We tracked the effective reproductive number (R-t) over time to assess the impact of important public health control measures in the five most SARS-affected geographic areas in mainland China. As soon as the Chinese authorities gained full control of all activities to combat SARS, R-t decreased dramatically and consistently below one. Many control measures that seriously affected public life were implemented afterwards, i.e., when the epidemic was already dying down.

Original language	Undefined/Unknown
Pages (from-to)	101-104
Number of pages	4
Journal	Tropical Medicine and International Health
Volume	14
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3156.2009.02348.x
Publication status	Published - 2009

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