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Commentary
Nature 431, 507-508 (30 September 2004) | doi:10.1038/431507a; Published online 29 September 2004
Alert to a European epidemic
S. Ragnar Norrby1
- S. Ragnar Norrby is at the Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control, Se 17182 Solna, Sweden.
The eruption of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in 2003 was characterized by the rapid spread of the outbreak across several countries around the world. Although the World Health Organization (WHO) provided extremely fast information and support to afflicted countries, the European network of state epidemiologists and national agencies failed to respond quickly enough.
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