Which disease outbreak of 2002/3 caused 774 reported deaths, the majority being in Hong Kong, as reported by Andrew Brown for CNN?
Severe acute respiratory syndrome Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a viral respiratory disease of zoonotic origin caused by the SARS coronavirus (SARS-CoV). Between November 2002 and July 2003, an outbreak of SARS in southern China caused an eventual 8,098 cases, resulting in 774 deaths reported in 37 countries, with the majority of cases in Hong Kong (9.6% fatality rate) according to the World Health Organization (WHO). No cases of SARS have been reported worldwide since 2004.
John Lea (epidemiologist) John Lea (born 27 January 1782, died 3 June 1862, Cincinnati, Ohio), a lay epidemiologist, is most noted today for his contribution to understanding the water-borne nature of cholera. Lea's description of an outbreak of cholera in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1849, presaged some of the techniques used later by John Snow in his famous investigation of the 1854 outbreak of cholera in London, England, including a detailed map of the residences of those struck with cholera in relation to their water supply.