Infectious disease outbreaks can exact a high human and economic cost through illness and death. But, as with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in East Asia in 2003, or the plague outbreak in Surat, India, in 1994, they can also create severe economic disruptions even when there is, ultimately, relatively little illness or death. Such disruptions are commonly the result of uncoordinated and panicky efforts by individuals to avoid becoming infected...
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2008/01/01
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政策研究报告
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WPS4466
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1
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1
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2010/07/01
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Disclosed
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On SARS type economic effects during infectious disease outbreaks
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infectious disease outbreak