Research Fund for the Control of Infectious Diseases
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The SARS epidemic was the first communicable disease epidemic of the 21st century, with 29 countries affected. The first human case was identified in Guangdong, China on 16 November 2002 and the last known case had a symptom onset date of 5 July 2003 in Taiwan. The disease infected 8098 individuals of whom 774 died.1,2 Hong Kong bore a large proportion of this morbidity and mortality burden, and was the link between cases in China and other parts of the world. Of 1755 cases, 299 deaths occurred from 15 February to 31 May 2003.
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