Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
n. SARS, highly contagious atypical form of pneumonia originating in Guangdong (Province in China) | ||||
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severe acute respiratory syndrome
Noun
1. a respiratory disease of unknown etiology that apparently originated in mainland China in 2003; characterized by fever and coughing or difficulty breathing or hypoxia; can be fatal
(synonym) SARS
(hypernym) respiratory disease, respiratory illness, respiratory disorder
Noun
1. a respiratory disease of unknown etiology that apparently originated in mainland China in 2003; characterized by fever and coughing or difficulty breathing or hypoxia; can be fatal
(synonym) SARS
(hypernym) respiratory disease, respiratory illness, respiratory disorder
Severe acute respiratory syndrome Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Severe acute respiratory syndrome
Severe acute respiratory syndrome or SARS is a respiratory disease in humans which is caused by the SARS coronavirus. There has been one major pandemic to date, between November 2002 and July 2003, with 8,096 known cases of the disease, and 774 deaths (a mortality rate of 9.6%) being listed in the WHO's April 21, 2004 concluding report.
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