Passengers wear boat-issued rubber boots on most landings, which are washed and disinfected once back on board.

BBC: Life in the fragile, frozen Arctic

Farms are being disinfected and helicopters are spraying insecticide while ground workers clear stagnant water.

CNN: ON DEADLY GROUND

The area has been disinfected and water samples were taken for testing.

BBC: Cholera fear in Cuba as officials keep silent

Authorities have disinfected and isolated the woman's home, and officials met in Beijing on Monday about the case, but the market is still selling ducks, Xinhua reported.

CNN: Woman dies of bird flu in China

They were unable to determine the cause of death as some of the ducks were already decomposed, Mr Liang said, adding that the bodies had been disinfected and buried.

BBC: China pulls 1,000 dead ducks from Sichuan river

The legacy of SARS is evident today in the signs dotting escalator rails and elevator buttons around town that tout how many times a day they are disinfected.

WSJ: Hong Kong Steps Up Bird-Flu Measures