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cord-004634-pkrxiipo	Brun-Buisson, Christian	SARS: The challenge of emerging pathogens to the intensivist	2003-05-08		.txt	text/plain	1206	58	53	In late February 2003, the WHO issued a worldwide public health alert on the emergence of a new epidemic of acute respiratory disease first identified in Asian countries since November 2002. In a few weeks, the new agent causing this "severe acute respiratory syndrome" (SARS), a coronavirus, has been identified, sequenced, and tests have been developed for diagnosis [1] . As of the end of April 2003, about 5,000 suspected or probable cases have been reported to the WHO from 27 countries [2] , with a vast majority from inland China (57% of reported cases), which appears to be at the origin of the epidemic, and Hong Kong (32%). In North America, however, an outbreak soon occurred in Toronto, Canada, following an household epidemic which appeared secondary to contamination of a Canadian resident of Asian origin who visited relatives in Hong Kong in February 2003 [3] . Affected areas-severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) A Major Outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome in Hong Kong	./cache/cord-004634-pkrxiipo.txt	./txt/cord-004634-pkrxiipo.txt