Epidemiology of Severe Acute Respiratory

Syndrome (SARS)

In Malaysia, the outbreak resulted is two deaths due to the probability of SARS in Jerantut, Pahang and Penang. The victim who involved with history has ever visited China or Singapore. Table below shows the total number of cases includes those who've recovered or died. This Table shows the incidence of SARS in Malaysia since WHO records began on April to May 2003.

MALAYSIA

Infection Mortality Recovered Reclassified 8 2 5 2

SARS epidemic has believe start from Guangdong, China. Hong Kong, Vietnam, Singapore and Taiwan are the most Asian country have been effect by this syndrome.

“Figure 1.Epidemic curve, Hong Kong.”

ASIA

Country Cumulative number of case(s)

Number of deaths

Case fatality ratio (%)

China   5327 349 7Hong Kong   1755 299 17India   3 0 0Indonesia   2 0 0Kuwait   1 0 0Macao   1 0 0MALAYSIA*   5 2 40Mongolia   9 0 0Philippines   14 2 14Republic of Korea   3 0 0

Singapore   238 33 14Taiwan   346 37 11Thailand   9 2 22Vietnam   63 5 8Table 2 .The official number of SARS cases reported from Asian

countries over the time period November 1, 2002 to July 31, 2003

SARS began spreading around the world along international air travel routes to North America and a few country in Europe. Among the most effected country is Canada with 251 cases.

Table 3 .The official number of SARS cases reported from countries over the time period November 1, 2002

to July 31, 2003

WORLDWIDE

Country Cumulative number of case(s)

Number of deaths

Case fatality ratio (%)

Australia   6 0 0Canada   251 43 17France   7 1 14Germany   9 0 0Italy   4 0 0New Zealand   1 0 0Republic of Ireland   1 0 0

Romania   1 0 0

Russian Federation   1 0 0

South Africa   1 1 100

Spain   1 0 0

Sweden   5 0 0

Switzerland   1 0 0

United Kingdom   4 0 0

United States   29 0 9

Total   8098 774 9.6