Severe acute respiratory syndrome is a viral respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus. It typically begins with flu-like symptoms such as fever, chills, and muscle aches before progressing, in more severe cases, to a dry cough and breathing difficulty. The illness spreads mainly through close person-to-person contact and respiratory droplets.
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Classification
ICD-10 ChapterX: Diseases of the Respiratory System 1 Communicable or Non-communicable Transmission Route Condition ClassViral respiratory disease 3 Causative AgentSARS-CoV-1 (SARS coronavirus) 3 Prevalence8,422 cases in the 2002-2003 epidemic, case fatality rate 11% 3 Causative Agent
Causative Agent (category) Partially Attested
First DescribedFirst known cases occurred in November 2002; formally identified as SARS by Carlo Urbani in February 2003. Connections
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1. Wikipedia: ICD-10
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2. Wikipedia: SARS
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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.
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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.
View the Source 3. Wikipedia: Severe acute respiratory syndrome
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Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a viral respiratory disease of zoonotic origin caused by the virus SARS-CoV-1
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caused by the virus SARS-CoV-1
History section
On February 28, 2003, Dr. Carlo Urbani, the WHO physician, formally identified SARS in patient zero in Vietnam French Hospital of Hanoi
Epidemiology section
at the end of the epidemic in June 2003, the incidence was 8,422 cases with a case fatality rate (CFR) of 11%
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How large was the SARS epidemic and how deadly was it?
8,422 cases and an 11 percent case fatality rate in the 2002 to 2003 epidemic.
By the end of the epidemic in June 2003, 8,422 cases had been recorded with a case fatality rate of 11 percent. The disease is caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-1, and it was formally identified on February 28, 2003 by the World Health Organization physician Carlo Urbani in a patient at the French Hospital of Hanoi in Vietnam.
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