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Syndrome
DADAM REVATHI REDDY ,
ASST .PROFESSOR ,
• Acute
o Sudden onset of a high fever
• Can be lethal for severe cases
o 11% average death rate in the most severe cases
• Not lethal for mildly affected people
o With time, relief of symptoms, and no complications
• Difficult to make an accurate prognosis because there is no
cure
o Based on statistics of SARS patients with similar
symptoms and conditions
Pathogen
• Transmitted through:
o Close contact with an infected person
oContaminated air and surfaces
• Virus infected respiratory system
o Causes all the respiratory
symptoms
Diagnosis
• http://diseases.emedtv.com/sars/sars-prognosis.html
• http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/SARS/factsheet.htm
• http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/sars/
• http://www.aseansec.org/sars_symptoms.htm
• http://www.sarsreference.com/sarsref
• www.absa.org/pdf/090911DHHS_SARS
_Select_Agent_Co mments.pdf
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