Sentences with phrase «respiratory syndrome epidemic»

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Sharing has been a touchy topic in previous outbreaks and epidemics, including severe acute respiratory syndrome, Middle East respiratory syndrome, and Ebola.

Scientists who helped to fight the 2003 epidemic of SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) have sprung into action again to investigate the latest threat: a new SARS - related virus that has killed one man and left another seriously ill.

To test the reliability of alternative data streams, researchers tracked and analyzed reports from public health authorities and reputable media outlets posted via social media or their websites during the 2014 - 2015 Ebola epidemic in West Africa and the 2015 Middle East Respiratory Syndrome outbreak in South Korea.

China showed the world how not to deal with a potentially deadly epidemic by initially refusing to acknowledge the spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).

«Study of social contact patterns in Hong Kong will give insight into spread of epidemic: Hong Kong was where Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) emerged in 2002 - 2003.»

Using this method, the researchers revealed that the death risk of the 2015 Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) epidemic in the Republic of Korea for patients with an illness prior to MERS infection was as high as 48.2 % for those over 60 years while it was below 15 % for younger patients.