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CDC Interim
Case Definition, March 17, 2003
3/17/2003 1700 Eastern Standard Time-CDC
Persons with respiratory illness of unknown etiology with onset since
February 1, 2003.
Suspect Case:
- A person
presenting with one or more signs or symptoms of respiratory
illness including cough, shortness of breath, difficulty breathing,
hypoxia, or radiographic findings of pneumonia or acute respiratory
distress syndrome
AND
- Fever (>38°
C [100.4° F])
AND
One or more of the following:
- Close contact*
within 10 days of onset of symptoms with a person under investigation
or suspected of having SARS
- Travel
within 10 days of onset of symptoms to an area with documented
transmission of SARS (see list below).
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Note: Suspect cases with either radiographic evidence of pneumonia or
respiratory distress syndrome; or evidence of unexplained respiratory
distress syndrome by autopsy are designated "probable" cases
by the WHO case definition.
* Close contact is defined as having cared for, having lived with or
having had direct contact with respiratory secretions and/or body fluids
of a patient suspected of having SARS.
List of areas with transmission of SARS: Hong Kong Special Administrative
Region and Guangdong province, Peoples' Republic of China; Hanoi, Vietnam;
Singapore; and Toronto, Canada.
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