Directions: To complete this worksheet, you will use a website called Epiville.
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Directions: To complete this worksheet, you will use a website called Epiville. The case study you will be learning about deals with SARS. Complete each step below to answer the questions.
Read the Student Role portion of the case study. Be sure to read the news transcript, along with the background information of the case by clicking the links at the bottom of the page.
Read the Data Collection portion of the case study. Think about how this information will help you make a connection between a disease and a population.
Read the Data Analysis portion of the case study. Answer the eight practice questions on this page to prepare you to complete this worksheet.
Read the Outbreak Control portion of the case study. Answer the practice question on this page to prepare you to complete this worksheet.
Answer the questions below.
Provide a brief description of SARS, supporting your description with sources from the case.
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) is a viral respiratory illness caused by a virus from the coronavirus family. SARS spreads most through close personal contact. People who are at the highest risk of contracting SARS are those who have cared for, lived with and/or had direct contact with an infected person.
Epiville Chamber of Commerce. (n.d). Retrieved July 21, 2018, from
http://epiville.ccmntl.columbia.edu/epicommerce/sars.html
Describe the patterns that can be identified in the population impacted by the SARS outbreak, citing the case to support your response.
All of the patients who died from the disease also happened to have the same street address and lived in the Amoy Apartment Complex.
Draw conclusions about the mode of transmission of the disease based on your analysis of the disease and population.
Explanation / Answer
Description of SARS
SARS known as severe respiratory syndrome is a viral respiratory syndrome caused by virus from coronavirus family.It causes upper respiratory illness
Reported first in Asia 2003. The outbreak took lives for around 800 people worldwide
Individual suffering from SARS reported to have
High fever
Cough
Breathing problem
Sore throat
If untreated can result in Death
Answer 2
Common pattern identified in the population affected by SARS
These symptom can seen in 7-8 days
A. High fever (100•C)
B.Cough
C.Breathing Problem
D. Developing of pneumonia
Answer 3
Mode Of Transmission
Close Hunan contact with a probable case of SARS
Droplets from sneezing coughing from infected individual
History of travel to a place with local Transmission of SARS .
Residing in area with local Transmission of SARS .
Touching infected individual or sharing of utensils & clothes .
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