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Epidemics of the Decade
SARS: On Guard
Modern transportation, which makes travel easier for humans, also helps dangerous viruses move around the world with human hosts. The first large-scale epidemic of the decade -- the SARS virus- started in Asia in February 2003 and spread to more than 25 countries. A city worker carries buckets of rat poison in China, Jan. 8, 2004. Chinese response to SARS was a rat extermination campaign.
Author: CBS News Staff
Credit: AP
