Division Epidemiological Criteria
United Kingdom
At least one of the following three:
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Any person with at least one of the following three:
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Employed in an occupation associated with an increased risk of SARS-CoV exposure (e.g. staff in a laboratory working with live SARS-CoV/SARS-CoV-like viruses or storing clinical specimens infected with SARS-CoV; persons with exposure to wildlife or other animals considered a reservoir of SARS-CoV, their excretions or secretions, etc.)
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Close contactf1 of one or more persons with confirmed SARS or under investigation for SARS
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History of travel to, or residence in, an area experiencing an outbreak of SARS
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Two or more health-care workersf2 with clinical evidence of SARS in the same health-care unit and with onset of illness in the same 10-day period
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Three or more persons (health-care workers and/or patients and/or visitors) with clinical evidence of SARS with onset of illness in the same 10-day period and epidemiologically linked to a healthcare facility
Annotations
Footnotes
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A close contact is a person who has cared for, lived with, or having had direct contact with the respiratory secretions, body fluids and/or excretions (e.g. faeces) of cases of SARS.
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In this context the term ‘health-care worker’ includes all hospital staff. The definition of the health care unit in which the cluster occurs will depend on the local situation. Unit size may range from an entire health care facility if small, to a single department or ward of a large tertiary hospital.