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cord-022473-l4jniccw	Wilder-Smith, Annelies	As Travel Medicine Practitioner during the SARS Outbreak in Singapore	2009-11-16		.txt	text/plain	2887	184	71	In the first week after our first cases, the WHO named the disease "SARS", and they sent out global alerts. In Singapore, the outbreak was initially only hospital based, but in April the news was out that SARS had affected a large vegetable market. The news of the death of Carlo Urbani, the Italian WHO doctor who was instrumental in the control of SARS in Vietnam, sent our hospital staff into depression. In total, we lost a total of five healthcare workers to SARS in Singapore: 2 doctors, 1 nursing officer, 1 nursing aide and 1 hospital attendant. Two to three weeks into the epidemic it became clear, that infection control measures were effective; no more new cases occurred amongst the staff of our hospital. The SARS outbreak in Singapore can be traced to the first imported case. New imported SARS cases therefore need not lead to major outbreaks if systems are in place to identify and isolate them early.	./cache/cord-022473-l4jniccw.txt	./txt/cord-022473-l4jniccw.txt