Global Communicable Disease Outbreak
Running title: HAT TASK 3 1
Community Health Nursing
Task 3
Dawn DeSantos
Western Governors University
HAT TASK 3 2
A. Analysis of the 2003 SARS outbreak
Describe the communicable disease outbreak. Scientists believe that the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) originated from an animal to a human in Guangdong Province in China. It is not known what animal, for sure carried the zoonotic virus, but the civet cat is suspected. Bats in China, along with ferrets, house cats, and other animals have tested positive for the virus as well. The first known case was a farmer from that province in November of 2002. An outbreak in China followed with 5347 contracting SARS, 348 resulting in their death. A Chinese doctor who treated the patient contracted the disease and then traveled to Hong Kong for a wedding. He and his brother in law died as a result, but not before he had infected several guests at the hotel in which he stayed. It is thought that he also spread the disease in China, himself directly or through those in Chinese individuals staying at the hotel who returned home. Three women staying there returned to their homes in Singapore and started the outbreak there. Most of the infected guests were travelers from other countries and so they then traveled on airplanes exposing all the others on the plane to the SARS virus. They also infected many people in whom they had close contact. Some of them traveled to Taiwan, Vietnam, Canada and possibly other countries.
A hospital in Toronto Canada was the first to see a case outside of Asia. This led to other cases there. A Chinese-American businessman traveling from China on a plane was so ill he was taken to a hospital in Hanoi, Vietnam before he reached his destination. He also died from the disease. Many of the
Community Health Nursing
Task 3
Dawn DeSantos
Western Governors University
HAT TASK 3 2
A. Analysis of the 2003 SARS outbreak
Describe the communicable disease outbreak. Scientists believe that the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) originated from an animal to a human in Guangdong Province in China. It is not known what animal, for sure carried the zoonotic virus, but the civet cat is suspected. Bats in China, along with ferrets, house cats, and other animals have tested positive for the virus as well. The first known case was a farmer from that province in November of 2002. An outbreak in China followed with 5347 contracting SARS, 348 resulting in their death. A Chinese doctor who treated the patient contracted the disease and then traveled to Hong Kong for a wedding. He and his brother in law died as a result, but not before he had infected several guests at the hotel in which he stayed. It is thought that he also spread the disease in China, himself directly or through those in Chinese individuals staying at the hotel who returned home. Three women staying there returned to their homes in Singapore and started the outbreak there. Most of the infected guests were travelers from other countries and so they then traveled on airplanes exposing all the others on the plane to the SARS virus. They also infected many people in whom they had close contact. Some of them traveled to Taiwan, Vietnam, Canada and possibly other countries.
A hospital in Toronto Canada was the first to see a case outside of Asia. This led to other cases there. A Chinese-American businessman traveling from China on a plane was so ill he was taken to a hospital in Hanoi, Vietnam before he reached his destination. He also died from the disease. Many of the
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