TY - JOUR AU - St. John, Ronald K. AU - King, Arlene AU - de Jong, Dick AU - Bodie-Collins, Margaret AU - Squires, Susan G. AU - Tam, Theresa WS T1 - Border Screening for SARS T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2005 VL - 11 IS - 1 SP - 6 SN - 1080-6059 AB - With the rapid international spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) from March through May 2003, Canada introduced various measures to screen airplane passengers at selected airports for symptoms and signs of SARS. The World Health Organization requested that all affected areas screen departing passengers for SARS symptoms. In spite of intensive screening, no SARS cases were detected. SARS has an extremely low prevalence, and the positive predictive value of screening is essentially zero. Canadian screening results raise questions about the effectiveness of available screening measures for SARS at international borders. KW - SARS KW - airport screening KW - thermal scanners KW - Health Alert Notices KW - quarantine KW - travelers KW - research KW - Canada DO - 10.3201/eid1101.040835 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/11/1/04-0835_article ER - End of Reference