Australia was indeed the  “lucky country” in the recent worldwide SARS epidemic

Jauncey, Marianne E; Armstrong, Paul K; Morgan, Emily L; McAnulty, Jeremy M

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2004.tb06249.x

Topics

Environment and public health

Respiratory tract diseases

Marianne E Jauncey,* Paul K Armstrong,† Emily L Morgan,‡ Jeremy M McAnulty§

1 Communicable Diseases Branch; NSW Health, North Sydney, NSW.
2 Ballina West Medical Centre, Ballina, NSW.

Correspondence: Marianne.jauncey@yahoo.com.au

Acknowledgements:

We thank the Australian Department of Health and Ageing for their role in the notification process of this case, and the Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, Westmead Hospital, for SARS coronavirus antibody testing.

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