Severe acute respiratory syndrome

Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) jumped from bats to humans in China in November 2002, and went to infect 8,098 and kill 774 in 24 countries before 24 countries was contained in 2004.

a respiratory illness

SARS is a respiratory illness that has been reported in Europe, and North America and has caused widespread panic and accusations of governmental mishandling of an outbreak in China, China's apparent country of origin.

a respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus (SARS-CoV)

SARS is a respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus (SARS-CoV).

a coronavirus called severe acute respiratory syndrome

SARS is a coronavirus called severe acute respiratory syndrome.

a coronavirus infection

Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a coronavirus infection (not a flu) that arose from bats in 2002 and spread to 37 countries in a few months killing 10% of those infected before being contained.

a form of pneumonia

SARS, basically, is a form of pneumonia.

a coronavirus that has been connected to a respiratory illness in the Middle East (MERS)

SARS is a coronavirus that has been connected to a respiratory illness in the Middle East (MERS).

a respiratory infection caused by a coronavirus, which appears to have jumped from animals to humans

SARS is a respiratory infection caused by a coronavirus, which appears to have jumped from animals to humans.

a viral infection of the lungs ( the letters SARS stand for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) which produces severe pneumonia-like symptoms, and often death

SARS is a viral infection of the lungs (the letters SARS stand for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) which produces severe pneumonia-like symptoms, and often death.

a symptom of a disease () severe acute respiratory syndrome

SARS is a symptom of a disease (severe acute respiratory syndrome).

a coronavirus disease that spread from animals to humans and was diagnosed in China in 2003

SARS is a coronavirus disease that spread from animals to humans and was diagnosed in China in 2003.

a severe respiratory illness that can be spread from person to person

SARS is a severe respiratory illness that can be spread from person to person.

a coronavirus ; (Drosten et al. 2003Rota et al. 2003) that produced a human epidemic between 2002 and 2004

SARS is a coronavirus (Drosten et al. 2003; Rota et al. 2003) that produced a human epidemic between 2002 and 2004, claiming almost 775 lives (Hughes 2004).

a type of coronavirus that first struck southern China in late 2002

SARS is a type of coronavirus that first struck southern China in late 2002.

the deadly lung disease that afflicted 8,000 people around the world in 2003

SARS is the deadly lung disease that afflicted 8,000 people around the world in 2003.

a disease caused by a type of coronavirus

SARS is a disease caused by another type of coronavirus.

an atypical pneumonia caused by a coronavirus

SARS is an atypical pneumonia caused by a coronavirus.

just the name , given initialy to the syndrome caused by the diseasehence Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

SARS is just the name given initialy to the syndrome caused by the disease, hence Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome. MERS!

an acronym for the police Special Anti-Robbery Squad

SARS is an acronym for the police Special Anti-Robbery Squad.

a police unit created to protect the people

“SARS is a police unit created to protect the people.