The following items have been listed previously in the
"Current Issues" section.
Vaccines in development against SARS (PDF file 73KB)
Procedure for Communication to Member States and the Commission about SARS events. (Technical Guidance Document. 22 December 2003. Update: 20/01/04. (PDF file 153KB))
Commission to invest EUR 9 million into research for SARS prevention. Press Release 3 July 2003.
Measures undertaken by Member States and Accession Countries to control the outbreak of SARS. Report by the European Commission. 05.06.03. (PDF file 206KB)
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
Extraordinary Council meeting on Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). Brussels, 6 May 2003. (PDF file 127KB)
Consensus document on the epidemiology of severe acute respiratory syndrome 17 October 2003 (WHO) (PDF file 795KB)
Summary table of probable SARS cases in the EU, by country (WHO) Published in Eurosurveillance Weekly. Vol. 7, Issue 37. 11 September 2003.
SARS outbreak contained worldwide. (WHO) Press Release. 5 July 2003.
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) (WHO)
A suspected case of SARS reported in China. WHO Communicable Disease & Response. 22 April 2004.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) [USA]
Department of Health (DOH) [United Kingdom]
Health Protection Agency [United Kingdom]
Travel associated probable case of SARS, Finland, with commentary from Health Canada. Eurosurveillance Weekly. Vol. 7, Issue 22. 29 May 2003.
First global consultation on SARS, 16-17 May. Eurosurveillance Weekly. Vol. 7, Issue 21. 22 May 2003.
Commission
Statement on the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) by Health
and Consumer Protection Commissioner David Byrne, European Parliament,
7 April 2003.
Immediate
actions for the surveillance and control of SARS in Europe. Participants
to the Communicable Disease Network Committee met on 9 and 10 April
2003 and agreed the following actions for Member States and the Commission
for the surveillance and control of SARS in Europe.
Future
actions for the surveillance and control of SARS in Europe. Participants
to the Communicable Disease Network Committee met on 9 and10 April 2003
and agreed the following future actions for the longer-term to be taken
in order to provide the Community Network with tools to better address
the SARS problem in Europe, as well as to respond to similar public
health threats. This document is complementary to a document on 'immediate
actions for the surveillance and control of SARS in Europe."
SARS
in the EU countries and around the world.
WHO
recommended measures for persons undertaking international travel from
areas affected by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). Weekly
Epidemiological Record. Vol. 78, No. 14. 4 April 2003. p.97
Global
surveillance for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). Weekly
Epidemiological Record. Vol. 78, No. 14. 4 April 2003. p. 100
SARS
- Case reporting form. Weekly Epidemiological Record. Vol. 78, No.
14. 4 April 2003. p. 106.
European
Centre is an important part of longer term response to SARS and similar
threats. Eurosurveillance Weekly. Vol. 7, Issue 18. 1 May 2003.
Laboratory
investigations into the aetiological agent of severe acute respiratory
syndrome (SARS). Eurosurveillance Weekly. Vol. 7, Issue 17. 24 April
2003.
Declining
influenza activity in Europe while public concern over SARS has not
increased practice consultations practice for influenza-like illness
or acute respiratory infections. Eurosurveillance Weekly. Vol. 7,
Issue 16. 17 April 2003.
Possible
transmission of SARS within the United Kingdom. Eurosurveillance
Weekly. Vol. 7, Issue 16. 17 April 2003.
Monkey
experiments provide confirmation that a novel coronavirus is the cause
of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). Eurosurveillance Weekly.
Vol. 7, Issue 16. 17 April 2003.
SARS
update 11 April - Compelling evidence for aetiology. WHO team report
from China, global epidemiology, and EU index and guidance.
Index
of SARS guidance produced by competent authorities in the European Union
and elsewhere. Eurosurveillance Weekly. Vol. 7, Issue 15. 10 April
2003.
SARS:
the situation in France - 3 April. Eurosurveillance Weekly. Vol.
7, Issue 14. 3 April 2003.
Clinical
descriptions of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). Eurosurveillance
Weekly. Vol. 7, Issue 13. 27 March 2003.
