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  Severe acute respiratory syndrome - TvWiki, the free encyclopedia
This suggests that the SARS virus crossed the species barrier from civet cats; this conclusion is, however, by no means certain as it is certainly possible that the civet cats got the virus from humans and not the other way around or even that the civet cats are a sort of intermediary host.
SARS is not loose in the community at large in Canada, although a few infected persons have broken quarantine and moved among the general population.
Following their experience with SARS, the Canadians have put together an excellent exposition of the ethical principles that apply in an epidemic or pandemic, and discussion of how the were/can be applied in practice.
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  SARS and accusations of racial discrimination - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
With news of the 2002-2003 outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), which evidently originated in China and spread from Asia to North America, many have become worried that there may be accusations and racial discrimination against Asians in general.
Some members of some Chinese ethnic communities in some Canadian cities have expressed concern that SARS might lead or has led to racial discrimination and stereotyping.
For (hostility) to be directed toward the Asian community is obviously very disturbing." The Canadian prime minister and other notables, in Toronto on April 10 for the funeral of the retired Catholic archbishop of Toronto, made a point of inviting the press to a lunch they held at a Chinese restaurant.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/SARS_and_accusations_of_racial_discrimination   (551 words)

  
 Severe acute respiratory syndrome - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The disease was known to be caused by the SARS coronavirus (SARS CoV), a novel coronavirus.
Local transmission of SARS took place in Toronto, Vancouver, Ulaan Bator, Manila, Singapore, Hanoi, Taiwan, the Chinese provinces of Guangdong, Jilin, Hebei, Hubei, Shaanxi, Jiangsu and Shanxi, the Chinese municipality of Tianjin, the Chinese Autonomous Region of Inner Mongolia, and the Chinese Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong.
Following their experience with SARS, the Canadians have put together an excellent exposition of the ethical principles that apply in an epidemic or pandemic, and discussion of how the were/can be applied in practice.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/SARS   (5048 words)

  
 Severe acute respiratory syndrome - Wikipedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
With the identification and sequencing of the DNA of the coronavirus supposedly responsible for SARS on April 12, 2003, several diagnostic test kits have been produced and are now being tested for their suitability for use.
This suggests that the SARS virus crossed the species barrier[?] from civet cats; this conclusion is, however, by no means certain as it is certainly possible that the civet cats got the virus from humans and not the other way around or even that the civet cats are a sort of intermediary host.
SARS is not loose in the community at large in Canada, although a few infected persons have broken quarantine and moved among the general population.
wikipedia.findthelinks.com /sa/SARS.html   (3615 words)

  
 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
SARS is now known to be caused by the SARS coronavirus (SARS-CoV), a novel coronavirus.
SARS patients who have been dischaged from hospitals are under 21 days of home quarantine, with telephone surveillance requiring them to answer the phone when randomly called up.
Since both mainland China and Taiwan were epidemic of SARS at the same time, the politics across the strait inevitably complicated the way the disease was handled.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/SARS   (4876 words)

  
 Severe acute respiratory syndrome   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is an atypical pneumonia that first appeared in November 2002 in Guangdong Province of the People's Republic of China.
The cause of the disease now known to be caused by the SARS coronavirus (SARS CoV), a novel coronavirus.
This suggests that the SARS virus crossed the xenographic barrier from civet cats; this conclusion is, however, by no means certain as it is certainly possible that the civet cats got the virus from humans and not the other way around or even that the civet cats are a sort of intermediary host.
encyclopedia.vestigatio.com /SARS   (4802 words)

  
 SARS
The SARS conspiracy theory began to emerge during the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) outbreak in China in the spring of 2003, when Sergei Kolesnikov, a Russian scientist and a member of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, first publicized his claim that the SARS coronavirus is a synthesis of measles and mumps.
The SARS coronavirus is the virus that causes severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).
On April 16 2003, following the outbreak of SARS in Asia and secondary cases elsewhere in the world, the World Health Organization (WHO) issued a press release stating that the coronavirus identified by a number of laboratories was the official cause of SARS.
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 Severe acute respiratory syndrome : SARS
SARS is now believed to be caused by the SARS virus, the discovery of which is documented below.
With the identification and sequencing of the DNA of the coronavirus supposedly responsible for SARS on April 12, 2003, several diagnostic test kits have been produced and are now being tested for their suitability for use.
SARS isn't loose in the community at large in Canada, although a few infected persons have broken quarantine and moved among the general population.
www.fastload.org /sa/SARS.html   (3640 words)

  
 Severe acute respiratory syndrome information - Search.com
Local transmission of SARS took place in Toronto, Vancouver, Ulaan Bator, Manila, Singapore, Hanoi, Taiwan, the Chinese provinces of Guangdong, Jilin, Hebei, Hubei, Shaanxi, Jiangsu and Shanxi, the Chinese municipality of Tianjin, the Chinese Autonomous Region of Inner Mongolia, and the Chinese Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong.
With the identification and sequencing of the RNA of the coronavirus supposedly responsible for SARS on April 12, 2003, several diagnostic test kits have been produced and are now being tested for their suitability for use.
This was followed by an announcement on April 16 that scientists at Erasmus University in Rotterdam, the Netherlands have confirmed that the virus causing SARS is indeed the new coronavirus.
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 cars - Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
In the outbreak, SARS caused 8,069 cases of disease and 775 deaths.
SARS patients who have been dischaged from hospitals are under 21 days of home quarantine, with telephone surveillance requiring them to answer the phone when randomly called up.
Since both mainland China and Taiwan were epidemic of SARS at the same time, the politics across the strait inevitably complicated the way the disease was handled.
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