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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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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