SARS: Epidemiology, Clinical Presentation, Management, and Infection Control Measures

Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a recently recognized febrile respiratory illness that first appeared in southern China in November 2002, has since spread to several countries, and has resulted in more than 8000 cases and more than 750 deaths. The disease has been etiologically linked to...

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Autores principales: Sampathkumar, Priya, Temesgen, Zelalem, Smith, Thomas F., Thompson, Rodney L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research. Published by Elsevier Inc. 2003
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7094524/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12839084
http://dx.doi.org/10.4065/78.7.882
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description Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a recently recognized febrile respiratory illness that first appeared in southern China in November 2002, has since spread to several countries, and has resulted in more than 8000 cases and more than 750 deaths. The disease has been etiologically linked to a novel coronavirus that has been named the SARS-associated coronavirus. It appears to be spread primarily by large droplet transmission. There is no specific therapy, and management consists of supportive care. This article summarizes currently available information regarding the epidemiology, clinical features, etiologic agent, and modes of transmission of the disease, as well as infection control measures appropriate to contain SARS.
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spelling pubmed-70945242020-03-25 SARS: Epidemiology, Clinical Presentation, Management, and Infection Control Measures Sampathkumar, Priya Temesgen, Zelalem Smith, Thomas F. Thompson, Rodney L. Mayo Clin Proc Article Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a recently recognized febrile respiratory illness that first appeared in southern China in November 2002, has since spread to several countries, and has resulted in more than 8000 cases and more than 750 deaths. The disease has been etiologically linked to a novel coronavirus that has been named the SARS-associated coronavirus. It appears to be spread primarily by large droplet transmission. There is no specific therapy, and management consists of supportive care. This article summarizes currently available information regarding the epidemiology, clinical features, etiologic agent, and modes of transmission of the disease, as well as infection control measures appropriate to contain SARS. Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research. Published by Elsevier Inc. 2003-07 2011-10-20 /pmc/articles/PMC7094524/ /pubmed/12839084 http://dx.doi.org/10.4065/78.7.882 Text en Copyright © 2003 Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Since January 2020 Elsevier has created a COVID-19 resource centre with free information in English and Mandarin on the novel coronavirus COVID-19. The COVID-19 resource centre is hosted on Elsevier Connect, the company's public news and information website. Elsevier hereby grants permission to make all its COVID-19-related research that is available on the COVID-19 resource centre - including this research content - immediately available in PubMed Central and other publicly funded repositories, such as the WHO COVID database with rights for unrestricted research re-use and analyses in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for free by Elsevier for as long as the COVID-19 resource centre remains active.
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