Global InformationSARS information
| Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) | |
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| Other names | Sudden acute respiratory syndrome[1] |
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| Electron micrograph of SARS coronavirus virion | |
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| Specialty | Infectious disease |
| Symptoms | Fever, persistent dry cough, headache, muscle pains, difficulty breathing |
| Complications | Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) with other comorbidities that eventually leads to death |
| Duration | 2002–2004 |
| Causes | Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-1) |
| Prevention | N95 or FFP2 respirators, ventilation, UVGI, avoiding travel to affected areas[2] |
| Prognosis | 9.5% chance of death (all countries) |
| Frequency | 8,096 cases total [when?] |
| Deaths | 783 known |
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.[3] The first known cases occurred in November 2002, and the syndrome caused the 2002–2004 SARS outbreak. In the 2010s, Chinese scientists traced the virus through the intermediary of Asian palm civets to cave-dwelling horseshoe bats in Xiyang Yi Ethnic Township, Yunnan.[4]
SARS was a relatively rare disease; at the end of the epidemic in June 2003, the incidence was 8,469 cases with a case fatality rate (CFR) of 11%.[5] No cases of SARS-CoV-1 have been reported worldwide since 2004.[6]
In December 2019, a second strain of SARS-CoV was identified: SARS-CoV-2.[7] This strain causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the disease behind the COVID-19 pandemic.[8]
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SARS—the acronym for sudden acute respiratory syndrome
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- ^ The locality was referred to be "a cave in Kunming" in earlier sources because the Xiyang Yi Ethnic Township is administratively part of Kunming, though 70 km apart. Xiyang was identified on Wang N, Li SY, Yang XL, Huang HM, Zhang YJ, Guo H, et al. (February 2018). "Serological Evidence of Bat SARS-Related Coronavirus Infection in Humans, China" (PDF). Virologica Sinica. 33 (1): 104–107. doi:10.1007/s12250-018-0012-7. PMC 6178078. PMID 29500691. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 November 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
- For an earlier interview of the researchers about the locality of the caves, see: 吴跃伟 (8 December 2017). "专访"病毒猎人"：在昆明一蝙蝠洞发现SARS病毒所有基因". 澎湃新闻. Archived from the original on 14 March 2023. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
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Since 2004, there haven't been any known cases of SARS reported anywhere in the world.
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