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Change in Reporting Criteria Lowers SARS Estimates

By Joanne Silberner
Published April 17, 2003 at 12:00 AM EDT

The CDC revises estimates of the number of SARS cases in the United States. The new number is much lower than previous counts, since the CDC no longer includes in the total those "suspected" of having the illness. NPR's Joanne Silberner reports.

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Joanne Silberner is a health policy correspondent for National Public Radio. She covers medicine, health reform, and changes in the health care marketplace.
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