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To: RealMuLan who wrote (2234)	12/24/2003 1:06:49 PM
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Study: Old-Fashioned Health Methods Stopped SARS In China CDC, Chinese Researchers Studied Response To SARS Last Spring POSTED: 4:28 PM EST December 23, 2003 Beijing was hit with more than 2,500 cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome last spring. But in the end, what stopped the spread of the highly contagious disease wasn't a new vaccine, but public health methods. Researchers in Beijing and at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention wanted to find out exactly what worked to stop the spread of SARS. CDC researcher Dr. Daniel Feiken and others went to Beijing during the SARS scare -- when most people were warned to stay away. "I think Beijing could be commended in the measures they took to control of the outbreak," Feiken said. Feiken and a team of researchers from China came to that conclusion in their new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. "They put 30,000 people in quarantine for two weeks during the outbreak," Feiken said. The study found in addition to quarantines, three other control measures seemed to halt the spread of SARS, including: Training hospital workers Making separate SARS wards in hospitals Maintaining open communication with the public Once the outbreak peaked in late April, no new cases were found six weeks later. "Once they were able to recognize the outbreak, they were able to put into place multiple control measures quite quickly to get a hold of the outbreak. If they hadn't done that, it is unclear what would have happened," Feiken said. But not all the measures put in place in Beijing were effective. Feiken said that "14 million people were screened for fever in airports, train stations and roadside checkpoints." Of those 14 million, only 12 developed SARS. Feiken said what surprised him the most is what stopped the disease. "It was a brand new disease, but the way it was controlled was not by using high technology, new drugs, new vaccines or new technology. It was really controlled by old and established public health prevention methods," Feiken said. The World Health Organization, Beijing health authorities and the CDC performed this study to help identify what worked or didn't work in stopping the spread of SARS. For more information, you can visit the Journal's Web site. nbc17.com