What is the ful form of SARS
What is the full form of SARS
SARS: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
SARS stands for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome. It is a severe respiratory illness that is caused by a coronavirus (species Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related virus of the genus Betacoronavirus), is transmitted especially by contact with infectious material (such as respiratory droplets or body fluids), and is characterized by fever, headache, body aches, a dry cough, hypoxia, and usually pneumonia.
It was first appeared in 2003 and spread rapidly to more than two dozen countries across the world, infecting over 8,000 people and killing 774 before it could be contained in 2004.
SARS is caused by a coronavirus (SARS-CoV) that exists in bats and palm civets in Southern China.
This infection can be spread easily from close person-to-person contact (such as living in the same household) via respiratory droplets that come in contact with skin or mucous membranes (eyes, mouth, or nose).
Infected people become ill within a week of exposure. During the first week, nonspecific symptoms of a flu-like illness begin. This period is followed by a syndrome of “atypical” pneumonia, including dry cough, and progressively worsening shortness of breath with poor oxygenation.