SARS

Severe acute respiratory syndrome 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... Wikipedia

  • Specialty:  Infectious disease
  • Symptoms:  Fever, persistent dry cough, headache, muscle pains, difficulty breathing
  • Usual onset:  4–6 days post-exposure
  • Causes:  Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-1)
  • Prevention:  N95 or FFP2 respirators, ventilation, UVGI, avoiding travel to affected areas
  • Frequency:  8,096 total confirmed cases (2002–2004), no new cases since 2004
  • Deaths:  783 known
  • Data source:  DuckDuckGo