The Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
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- 18 December 2003
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 349 (25) , 2431-2441
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmra032498
Abstract
The severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is responsible for the first pandemic of the 21st century. Within months after its emergence in Guangdong Province in mainland China, it had affected more than 8000 patients and caused 774 deaths in 26 countries on five continents. It illustrated dramatically the potential of air travel and globalization for the dissemination of an emerging infectious disease and highlighted the need for a coordinated global response to contain such disease threats. We review the cause, epidemiology, and clinical features of the disease.CauseAn unusual atypical pneumonia emerged in Foshan, Guangdong Province, mainland China, in . . .Keywords
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