Read complete books and articles on: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)

Sars - or severe acute respiratory syndrome, communicable viral disease that can progress to a potentially fatal pneumonia. The first symptoms of SARS are usually a high fever, headache and body aches, sore throat, and mild respiratory symptoms; diarrhea may occur. A dry cough and shortness of breath typically develop two to seven days after the first symptoms, and in most persons pneumonia develops in a lobe of the lungs. In 10%–20% of all patients, the pneumonia spreads to other lobes, and death occurs in about 9% of all cases. The death rate is higher among older persons. There is no vaccine or treatment for the virus that causes the disease.

SARS is caused by a coronavirus, one of a group of viruses that are responsible for about one third of all cases of the common cold. The variety that causes SARS had not been previously identified, and may have been transmitted to humans from a civet species in whose blood the virus is also found. Civets are considered a delicacy in SE China, where the disease originated. Infection with SARS mainly occurs when a person in close contact with someone who has the disease is exposed to exhaled droplets. The spread of the disease has been controlled by isolating infected patients and quarantining those exposed to them.

The disease apparently first occurred in Nov., 2002, in Foshan, Guangdong prov., China, but provincial authorities withheld information about it, and when it spread to Beijing local authorities there acted similarly. In Feb., 2003, the World Health Organization first noted reports of cases of atypical pneumonia from China, but Chinese officials did not begin cooperating fully with international experts until April. SARS subsequently spread to some 30 countries on five continents, and affected the economies of China, Hong Kong, and Toronto, where cases were the highest; Taiwan and Singapore were also hard hit. The rapid international spread of the 2002–3 outbreak was facilitated by air travel and the lack of prompt, early information about SARS from Chinese officials.

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9 of the Best Books and Articles on: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)

as selected by Questia librarians

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At the Epicentre: Hong Kong and the SARS Outbreak » Read Now
by Christine Loh. 286 pgs.

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The Chairman and the Coronavirus: Globalization and China's Healthcare System, in Harvard International Review » Read Now
by Betty Ho, Thomas Tsai. 4 pgs.

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...of self-delusion. After the debacle over Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), the Chinese government was accused...authoritarian, less intrusive government. Severe...
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Emerging Diseases Threaten Conservation, in Environmental Health Perspectives » Read Now
by Paul R. Epstein, Eric Chivian, Kathleen Frith. 2 pgs.

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...Frith In April 2003, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) appeared suddenly, sending...virus, hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, toxic Eschericbia coli infection...2001...
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Global Health and International Security, in Global Governance » Read Now
by Gro Harlem Bruntland. 7 pgs.

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...garnering more column inches than the war in Iraq. Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) put the world on high alert and elicited...Malaria, TB, HIV, measles, diarrheal...
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Lessons from SARS Coverage: Arguably, This Coverage Changed Both the Government and Media in China, in Nieman Reports » Read Now
by Sun Yu. 2 pgs.

...Arguably, This Coverage Changed Both the Government and Media in China. by Sun Yu Earlier this year Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) was like a nightmare to many...
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United Nations Workers Grapple with SARS, in UN Chronicle » Read Now
by Erika Reinhardt. 3 pgs.

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...recognized case of a deadly new disease, later named Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), occurred in the Guangdong Province of...Peoples Republic of China reported an...
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On the SARS Beat, in American Journalism Review » Read Now
by Sherry Ricchiardi. 6 pgs.

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...compulsive about washing his hands since Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome surfaced in his backyard. He pushes elevator...Timeline * November 16, 2002 First case of Severe...
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Unilateral Nonproliferation, in The Washington Times » Read Now
by Marion Kester Coombs. 1 pgs.

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...TIMES Perhaps the most far-out conspiracy theory racing across the Internet of late is the claim that Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) virus was intentionally...
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China's SARS Crisis: Jianhai Bi Discusses China's Efforts to Contain the SARS Virus' Spread and the Consequences for Chinese Politics, in New Zealand International Review » Read Now
by Jianhai Bi. 5 pgs.

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...consequences for Chinese politics. by Jianhai Bi Having badly affected China and spread globally, SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) is a disaster for the Chinese...