severe acute respiratory syndrome
viral respiratory disease
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Summary
severe acute respiratory syndrome is a class of disease[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of class of disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,413 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: coronavirus disease[3], atypical pneumonia[4], pandemic and epidemic-prone diseases[5], infectious disease[6], zoonosis[7]
- Commons category: SARS[8]
- Symptoms and signs: fever[9], headache[10], cough[11], hypoxia[12], dyspnea[13], cyanosis[14], myalgia[15], occupational burnout[16], diarrhea[17], atypical pneumonia[18]
- Significant event: 2002–2004 SARS outbreak[19]
- Has cause: SARS-CoV-1[20]
- Topic's main category: Category:Severe acute respiratory syndrome[21]
- Medical examination: polymerase chain reaction[22], computed tomography[23]
- Possible treatment: symptomatic treatment[24]
- Described at URL: https://www.cdc.gov.tw/Disease/SubIndex/j5QtbRPVkmFMg9BwiGezZA[25]
- Topic has template: Template:SARS[26]
- Has effect: 2002–2004 SARS outbreak[27]
- Has natural reservoir: Microchiroptera[28], Viverra[29], human[30]
- ICD-9-CM: 079.82[31]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C85064[32]
- Short name: ASAL[33], Ears[34], SARS[35], sasoso[36], SRAG[37], SRAS[38], ΣΟΑΣ[39], ТГРС[40], ТОРС[41], ЦВРС[42], 萨斯[43]
- Different from: SARS-CoV-2[44], South African Revenue Service[45]
- Health specialty: pulmonology[46], infectious diseases[47], microbiology[48]
Why It Matters
severe acute respiratory syndrome has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[49] It is known by 90 alternative names across languages and contexts.[50]