Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
SARS

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• A new disease called SARS
• What are the symptoms and signs of SARS?
• If I were exposed to SARS, how long would it take for me to become sick?
• How is SARS spread?
• Who got sick with SARS?
• What is the cause of SARS?
• What are coronaviruses?
• Is there a test for SARS?

A new disease called SARS

Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a respiratory illness that was first reported in Asia in February 2003. In early March, the World Health Organization (WHO) issued a global alert about SARS. Over the next few months, the illness spread to more than two dozen countries in North America, South America, Europe and Asia. By late July, however, no new cases were being reported and the illness was considered contained. According to WHO, 8,437 people worldwide became sick with SARS during the course of this outbreak. Of those people who became sick, 813 died.