Henk Bekedam Country Director, China, World Health Organization (WHO)
Rob Breiman Epidemiologist, formerly of the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and now with the International Center for Diarrheal Disease Research in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Cao Hong Chief Respiratory Specialist, Zhongshan Number Three Hospital
Margaret Chan Director of Health, Hong Kong
Danny Yang Chin Hanoi index patient
Deng Zide Director of Infectious Diseases at Guangzhou Number Three Hospital (also known as Sun Yat-sen Hospital)
Trevor Ellis Chief Veterinarian, Hong Kong Department of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Conservation
Fang Lin Earliest suspected SARS case in Shenzhen
Matthew Forney Bejing Bureau Chief, Time magazine
Keiji Fukuda Chief, Epidemiology and Surveillance Section, United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Julie Gerberding Director, U.S. CDC
Guan Yi Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, University of Hong Kong, co-head of Pandemic Preparedness in Asia; smuggled samples from China
David Heymann Executive Director, Communicable Diseases, WHO
Hong Tao Senior Microbiologist at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s Institute of Virology
Hu Jintao Chief Secretary of the Communist Party and President of China
Huang Wenjie Chief of Respiratory Diseases at Guangzhou General Military Hospital
Huang Yong Time magazine correspondent in Beijing
Susan Jakes Time magazine correspondent in Beijing
Jiang Yanyong Physician at Beijing 301 Hospital and whistle-blower
Jiang Zemin Former Chief Secretary of the Communist Party and former President of China
Anna Kong Amoy Gardens resident
Thomas G. Ksiazek Senior Pathologist, U.S. CDC
Liu Jianlun Guangzhou nephrologist and Hong Kong index patient
James Maguire Epidemiologist, U.S. CDC
Hitoshi Oshitani Regional Advisor in Communicable Infectious Disease Surveillance and Response, Western Pacific Region, WHO
Malik Peiris Professor of Microbiology, University of Hong Kong, co-head of Pandemic Preparedness in Asia; led the team that isolated the virus
Mike Ryan Geneva-based WHO epidemiologist
Alan Schnur Coordinator for the Communicable Disease Surveillance and Response Department in China, for the WHO
Klaus Stöhr Chief of the Global Influenza Programme at the WHO
Joseph Sung Chief of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Prince of Wales Hospital
John Tam Chief of Pathology, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Carlo Urbani Hanoi-based epidemiologist and parasitologist, WHO
Rob Webster Pioneering expert in animal influenzas, and Guan Yi and Malik Peiris’s mentor
Wen Jiabao Premier of China
Wu Yi Vice-Premier of China and highest-ranking woman in Chinese government
Xiao Zhenglun Deputy Director of the Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Diseases and the leader of the Heyuan expedition
Xu Ruiheng Deputy Head, Guangdong CDC
E. K. Yeoh Secretary of Health, Welfare, and Food, Hong Kong
K. Y. Yuen Chairman, Department of Microbiology, University of Hong Kong
Sherif Zaki Senior Virologist, U.S. CDC
Zhang Wenkang Minister of Health, China
Zhong Nanshan Director, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Diseases and the most famous physican in China