Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) (cont.)
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Richard L Oehler, MD
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Wesley W Emmons, MD, FACP
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Mary L Windle, PharmD
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Michael Stuart Bronze, MD
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OutlookSARS can result in serious illness and medical complications that require hospitalization, intensive care treatment, and mechanical ventilation. The most recent numbers indicate that the death rate from SARS is higher than that of influenza or other common respiratory tract infections. The overall death rate from SARS is about 10%. |
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Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a serious, potentially life-threatening viral infection caused by a previously unrecognized virus from the Coronaviridae family.
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