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- DictionarySARS/sɑːz/
noun
- 1. an acute infectious disease caused by a coronavirus, with initial symptoms including fever and cough and in some cases progressing to pneumonia and respiratory failure. It was first recognized as an epidemic that began in China in 2002.
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Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a viral respiratory disease of zoonotic origin caused by the virus SARS-CoV-1, the first identified strain of the SARS-related coronavirus. The first known cases occurred in November 2002, and the syndrome caused the 2002–2004 SARS outbreak.
Sep 26, 2003 · Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a viral respiratory disease caused by a SARS-associated coronavirus. It was first identified at the end of February 2003 during an outbreak that emerged in China and spread to 4 other countries.
May 18, 2013 · The outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) pandemic in 2003 was a hallmark in human history, and will for sure be often recalled just like the “Spain influenza” in literature. Like many others, I witnessed this historic event in my career.
- Feng Chen, Si Cao, Junqing Xin, Xiaohua Luo
- 10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2013.06.09
- 2013
- 2013/08
Mar 17, 2020 · Instead, we propose two scenarios that can plausibly explain the origin of SARS-CoV-2: (i) natural selection in an animal host before zoonotic transfer; and (ii) natural selection in humans...
- Kristian G. Andersen, Kristian G. Andersen, Andrew Rambaut, W. Ian Lipkin, Edward C. Holmes, Robert ...
- 2020
Mar 30, 2021 · WHO calls for further studies, data on origin of SARS-CoV-2 virus, reiterates that all hypotheses remain open
Aug 28, 2022 · During these months, the advances on the knowledge of the COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus responsible of the infection, have been very significant. However, there are still some weak points on that knowledge, being the origin of SARS-CoV-2 one of the most notorious.
Feb 16, 2023 · SARS-CoV-2, as to the previously highly pathogenic human coronaviruses named SARS-CoV, the etiological agent of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), has a zoonotic origin, although SARS-CoV-2 precise chain of animal-to-human transmission remains undefined.
