The Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) Outbreak in the Philippines in 2003

• Main Author: Lasco, Gideon
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2020
• Subjects: EPIDEMICS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; PHILIPPINE PUBLIC HEALTH; Clinical Epidemiology; Development Studies; Public Health
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/dev-stud-faculty-pubs/58; https://muse.jhu.edu/article/773015
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

The global outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) dominated public discourse in the Philippines from March to May 2003. But, given the scale of its impact and the range of responses it elicited, it largely escaped documentation, likely owing to its abbreviated timeframe and the overall...