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About EINet News Briefs Emerging Infections Course Data Library search More information APEC ISTWG EINet home	Vol. VI, No. 18~ EINet News Briefs ~ September 10, 2003 SPECIAL BULLETIN ****A free service of the APEC Emerging Infections Network***** The EINet list serve was created to foster discussion, networking, and collaboration in the area of emerging infectious diseases (EID's) among academicians, scientists, and policy makers in the Asia–Pacific region. We strongly encourage you to share your perspectives and experiences, as your participation directly contributes to the richness of the "electronic discussions" that occur. To respond to the list serve, use the reply function. In this edition: Infectious disease information – Singapore: a laboratory-confirmed case of SARS coronavirus How to join the EINet email list 1. OVERVIEW OF INFECTIOUS–DISEASE INFORMATION   Below is a semi–monthly summary of Asia–Pacific emerging infectious diseases. ASIA Singapore — a laboratory–confirmed case of SARS coronavirus A 27–year–old Chinese Singaporean post–doctoral student who worked in a virology laboratory in Singapore has been diagnosed as a laboratory–confirmed case of SARS coronavirus (CoV) infection. The patient developed fever on Aug. 26 and was hospitalized on Sept. 3, isolated and his fever has now resolved. His serial chest X–rays have been normal. His contacts have largely been followed up and all of them are well. Therefore is not regarded as a public health concern. He was working on West Nile virus, not SARS virus, at a microbiology laboratory in the National University of Singapore (NUS). He also does some work at the Environment Health Institute (EHI) laboratory of the National Environment Agency. He has no history of travel to previously SARS–affected areas and no known contact with SARS patients. Investigations are on–going to establish the source of infection. Since there is a suggestion that this case may have resulted from a laboratory accident, WHO will be addressing the issue of laboratory safety at its meeting of SARS scientific advisors next month in Geneva. According to WHO, Singapore continues to be a safe destination for travelers, and travelers from Singapore pose no risk to other countries. This event is not an international public health concern. The SARS killed 33 people and sickened 328 in Singapore earlier this year. To see the press releases from Singapore Ministry of Health, please visit the following URL: http://app.moh.gov.sg/sars/news/update_details.asp?id=1&mid=8100 4. JOIN THE E–LIST AND RECEIVE EINet NEWS BRIEFS REGULARLY The APEC EINet listserv was established to enhance collaboration among academicians and public health professionals in the area of emerging infections surveillance and control. Subscribers are encouraged to share their material with colleagues in the Asia–Pacific Rim. To subscribe (or unsubscribe), contact apec–ein@u.washington.edu. Further information about the APEC Emerging Infections Network is available at http://www.apec.org/infectious.
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