Alternate Name(s): <p>SARS</p> ... Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) is a serious form of pneumonia, resulting in acute respiratory distress and sometimes death. It is a dramatic example of how quickly world travel can spread a disease. It is also an example of how quickly ...
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SARS was recognized at the end of February 2003. WHO co-ordinated the international investigation with the assistance of the Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network and worked closely with health authorities in the affected countries to provide epidemiological, clinical and logistical support as required...
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“We do not mark the end of SARS today, but we observe a milestone: the global SARS outbreak has been contained,” said Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland, Director-General of the World Health Organization.
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Severe acute respiratory syndrome - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome ( SARS ; pronounced /sɑrz/ , sarz ) is a respiratory disease in humans which is caused by the SARS coronavirus (SARS-CoV). There has been one near pand...
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Progress of the SARS outbreak - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The following is a timeline of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). On November 16, 2002, an outbreak of what is believed to be severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), otherwise known as Yell...
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More than 5,000 people are in quarantine in Toronto, including more than 1,500 students and teachers from a high school, as Canadian officials try to contain a new SARS outbreak. The World Health Organization (WHO) reports a cumulative total of 8,295 probable SARS cases and 750 deaths have been reported from 31 countries.
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This page is located at http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/sars/.
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Information on the international outbreak of the illness known as severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). Provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention. ... GLOBAL SARS OUTBREAK, 2003...
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A novel coronavirus has been identified as the cause of the 2003 global outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). ... Serologic surveillance demonstrated that, in the same market, approximately 40% of wild animal traders and 20% of animal slaughterers had antibodies to SARS-CoV or SARS-CoV–like animal virus,
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