Claremont University Consortium Student Health Service Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)

  The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World Health Organization
      (WHO) have issued health alerts for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS).
 

The new disease has been linked to travel in China, Hong Kong, or Taiwan.
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Symptoms include fever ( >100.4°  F), cough, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing.
 

Travelers to or from the above areas who experience symptoms within 10 days of their travel
     should seek an immediate medical evaluation. Health care providers should  be notified in
     advance if an individual seeking medical attention suspects that he/she may be developing SARS.
 

More information on the disease may be found at the following websites:

                Centers for Disease Control (CDC):  http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/sars

                World Health Organization (WHO): http://www.who.int/csr/sars/en

                LA County Health Department: http://www.lapublichealth.org/     

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