eMJA: The SARS epidemic: lessons for Australia

Correction

The SARS epidemic: lessons for Australia

Peter A Cameron, Timothy H Rainer and Pieter De Villiers Smit

MJA 2003; 178 (11): 591

Re: "The SARS epidemic: lessons for Australia", by Cameron PA, Rainer TH, De Villiers Smit P, in the 2 June 2003 issue of the Journal. The Box with the World Health Organization case definitions of "suspected" and "probable" SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) was omitted from the print version of this editorial (Med J Aust 2003; 178: 478-479), but was included with the rapid online publication on 21 April 2003 (<http://www.mja.com.au/public/rop/cam10220_fm.html>). The case definitions are updated regularly by the WHO and are available at <http://www.who.int/csr/sars/casedefinition/en/>. The WHO case definitions for SARS, as at 1 May 2003, are given in the Box on page 556 of this issue of the Journal.

Emergency Medicine Academic Unit, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China.

Peter A Cameron, MB BS, FACEM, MD, Professor of Emergency Medicine; and Chief of Service, Trauma and Emergency Centre, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong; Timothy H Rainer, MB BCh, FHKCEM, MD, FHKAM, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine; Pieter De Villiers Smit, MB ChB, FACEM, Lecturer in Emergency Medicine.

Correspondence: Professor Peter A Cameron, Emergency Medicine Academic Unit, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China. peter.cameronATcuhk.edu.hk

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