WHO Informal Consultation On The Transmission Of SARS CoV And Other Pathogenic Viruses Through Faecal Droplets
WHO's full report on SARS transmission through faecal droplets.
At the time of the Consultation (September 2003), the global epidemic was estimated to have resulted in 8097 cases of clinical illness with 774 deaths in 27 countries on six continents. There are no reliable estimates of low-severity or asymptomatic infections. In July 2003 the World Health Organization declared the epidemic to have come to an end.