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- Epidemics like SARS and H7N9 have significantly harmed public health and the economy in China, highlighting the need for better infectious disease management.
- The article analyzes the repercussions of these outbreaks through feedback from various sources to shed light on their effects on China's society and economy.
- While both viruses posed global threats, the impact of H7N9 was less severe than SARS due to a more effective response to the latter outbreak.
Article Abstract
Background: Epidemics such as SARS and H7N9 have caused huge negative impacts on population health and the economy in China.
Aims: This article discusses the impacts of SARS in 2003 and H7N9 in 2013 in China, in order to provide a better understanding to government and practitioners of why improving management of response to infectious disease outbreaks is so critical for a country's economy, its society, and its place in the global community.
Methods: To provide the results of an analysis of impacts of SARS and H7N9 based on feedback from documents, informants, and focus groups on events during the SARS and H7N9 outbreaks.
Results: Both outbreaks of SARS and H7N9 have had an impact on China, causing significant negative impacts on health, the economy, and even national and even international security.
Conclusions: Both SARS coronavirus and H7N9 viruses presented a global epidemic threat, but the social and economic impacts of H7N9 were not as serious as in the case of SARS because the response to H7N9 was more effective.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6046118 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/2710185 | DOI Listing |
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