Disease Spread Investigation

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Disease Spread Investigation
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Scenario
SARS, Severe acute respiratory syndrome, is an
atypical pneumonia of unknown cause. This
disease was first recognized in February 2003.
It usually affects adults aged 25-70 years. The
incubation period is usually 2-7 days.
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Symptoms

• Present after November 2002 with high fever
  (gt38oC)

• Contact with person with history of travel in
  susceptible 10 days prior to symptoms

• Have headache and myalgia

• Chest infiltrate

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Causative Agent

• Thought to be a coronavirus( Coronaviridae)first
  isolated in 1965, spherical enveloped virion,
  80-160 nm in diameter, crown-like in appearance,
  club-shaped peplomars, single-stranded, linear,
  non-segmented, positive-sense RNA genome

• Usually produce an afebrile cold in adults,
  characterized by nasal discharge, and malaise
  may exacerbate respiratory symptoms in asthmatic
  and chronic pulmonary disease patients
  implicated in gastroenteritis greater occurrence
  in children maybe associated with pneumonia and
  pleural reactions,

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Occurence

• Thought to have originated in Asia and has been
  traced throughout North America and Europe.

• These cases have been tracked with various
  methods by the World Health Organization and the
  Center for Disease Control

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Goal
Your task is to understand the nature and
transmission of SARS. With this knowledge you
must provide information that would be useful in
preventing an outbreak as well as how to contain
an outbreak of this disease in your hometown.
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You will prepare a PowerPoint presentation with
your findings to include the following

• Title Slide

• Introductory slide of SARS basic information

• Chart citing previous locations and number of
  cases

• Graph with transmission rates and locations

• Your EMERGENCY PLAN in case of outbreak including
  funding required in Excel document

Rubric for Assessment