SARS

=SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome)=

**Description of virus that causes the disease.**

 * Cause of SARS is called coronavirus.
 * Coronavirus is originally known as an animal virus and slowly spread to humans.
 * Diseases that are caused by coronavirus that affects humans are: The upper respiratory, gastrointestinal tract, most of the common colds, Rhinoviruses.
 * More of the diseases that are caused that affect animals are: TGE (Transmissible Gastroenteritis Coronavirus), Bovine Coro[[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/Sars-corona.png width="219" height="153" align="right" caption="SARS Coronavirus (SARS-CoV)" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sars-corona.png"]]navirus, FIP (Feline Infectious Peritonitis), CCoV (Canine Coronavirus) MHV (Mouse Hepatitis Virus).
 * SARS (coronavirus) is a type of viral pneumonia.
 * SARS is a type of RNA virus.

**Viral Specificity:**

 * SARS affects the respiratory system
 * Also affects the lungs in very harsh conditions.
 * Mainly Adults suffer from SARS
 * Less than 2% of Children suffer from SARS

**Symptoms and progression of the disease:**

 * The main symptom is a high fever of 38ºC or 100.4ºF[[image:http://www.umm.edu/respiratory/images/respiratory_anatomy.jpg width="225" height="247" align="right" caption="Respiratory System"]]
 * Later symtoms are shortness of breath, dry cough, difficulty breathing,
 * Fever starts to occur as well as muscle aches, chills, headaches and sore throats.
 * A couple days later, a dry cough or/and shortness of breath occur.
 * After a week, people tend to need a ventilator because of the severe breathing problems.

**Common Methods of Transmission:**

 * Sneezing and coughing causing the droplets to spread
 * People within a metre of the person with SARS sneezes/coughs, it can be inhaled or placed on there hands which touches the facial features.

**Treatment and Prevention (if any):**

 * Hand washing is the most common way to stop from you to recieve SARS
 * Good hygiene
 * Cover your mouth when you sneeze
 * Have a healthy immune system
 * If needed, a ventilator for people who are short of breath


 * Miscellaneous:**
 * Over 6000 cases have occured in 30 countries
 * Currently no 100% accurate test is known
 * 90% of SARS is found in Asia
 * 2003 has been the first known SARS case
 * There has been no sign of where it came from and what its going to do in the future.

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