Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) (cont.)
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Author: Richard L Oehler, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Univ of South Florida College of Medicine; Assistant Epidemiologist, Division of Infectious Diseases, Tampa VA Medical Center.Editors: Wesley W Emmons, MD, FACP, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University; Consulting Staff, Infectious Diseases Section, Department of Internal Medicine, Christiana Care, Newark, DE; Mary L Windle, Pharm D, Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy; Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine.com, Inc; Michael Stuart Bronze, MD, Chairman, Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Science Center.
Last Editorial Review: 11/7/2005
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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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