title: SARS preparedness checklist for state and local health officials.
abstract: A planning checklist for widespread severe acute respiratory syndrome, modeled on an Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) pandemic influenza planning checklist, was developed jointly by ASTHO, the National Association of County and City Health Officials, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This checklist, distributed May 2003, has been widely used.
authors.affiliation: Division of Public Health Surveillance and Informatics, Epidemiology Program Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. ryh8@cdc.gov
authors.forename: Richard S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Hopkins
authors.forename: Lara
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Misegades
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ransom
authors.forename: Leigh
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lipson
authors.forename: Edward W
authors.initials: EW
authors.lastname: Brink
mesh_terms: D002487:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.; D003142:Communication; D006266:Health Education; D006285:Health Planning; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000379:methods*; D009111:Local Government; D011640:Public Policy; D045169:Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013219:State Government; D014481:United States