title: [Effects of surveillance system and preventive measures on the control of severe acute respiratory syndrome in a university in Guangdong Province of China].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the influence of the surveillance system and preventive measurements on the control of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in a university in Guangdong Province.
  
  
  METHODS
  A university with more than thirty thousand undergraduates, staff and their relatives was retrospectively studied, from which information regarding the status of epidemic, organization of leadership, disease control strategies and measures were collected and analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The construction of the surveillance system in such a model as "individual-dormitory/home-class/unite-faculty and institute-university" largely contributed to the achievement of the goals of low incidence, no secondary, no epidemic, and no death. A series of control measures benefited the early diagnosis, effective isolation, prevention, and treatment of SARS control.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  SARS could be effectively controlled in university only if strict surveillance system is built up, and all-round preventions, including early isolation of both confirmed or suspected cases and close contacted persons, are carried out.
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive Medicine, Medical College, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China.
authors.forename: Qing-shan
authors.initials: QS
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Sheng-yong
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Chun-xia
authors.initials: CX
authors.lastname: Jing
authors.forename: Guo-ning
authors.initials: GN
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Gui-bo
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Chi
authors.forename: Xiao-mei
authors.initials: XM
authors.lastname: Dong
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002681:China; D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods*; D045169:Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014495:Universities