SARS virus

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Broader Terms

Coronaviridae

Related Terms

emerging infectious disease, severe acute respiratory syndrome

Scope Note

species of coronavirus causing atypical respiratory disease (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) in humans; organism is believed to have first emerged in Guangdong Province, China, in 2002.

Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)

  • --- The SARS virus is capable of changing rapidly and unpredictably, which could present serious challenges for managing the disease and developing drugs and vaccines to combat it, research at the University of Michigan suggests.
  • 1 Science & Technology News Service SARS virus is mutating, fear doctors 15:55 16 April 2003 NewScientist.
  • >fullstorySARS Virus Can Change Quickly And Unpredictably, Analysis Indicates (October 3, 2003) -- The SARS virus is capable of changing rapidly and unpredictably, which could present serious challenges for managing the disease and developing drugs and vaccines to combat it, research at the .
  • Like HIV, the SARS virus is an RNA virus, meaning that its genetic material is RNA rather than the more familiar DNA found in the chromosomes of everything from bacteria to humans.
  • The SARS virus is a type of RNA virus, meaning that its genetic material is RNA rather than the more familiar DNA found in the chromosomes of everything from bacteria to humans.

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