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- a respiratory disease of unknown etiology that apparently originated in mainland China in 2003; characterized by fever and coughing or difficulty breathing or hypoxia; can be fatal
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- (SARS-coronavirus, SARS-CoV)
- ‘Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)’;
- SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME — SARS
- Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)
- SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME — SARS (SARS-coronavirus, SARS-CoV) Clinical criteria
- Close contact of one or more persons with confirmed SARS or under investigation for SARS
- A single positive antibody test for SARS-CoV
- Employed in an occupation associated with an increased risk of SARS-CoV exposure (e.g. staff in a laboratory working with live SARS-CoV/SARS-CoV-like viruses or storing clinical specimens infected with SARS-CoV; persons with exposure to wildlife or other animals considered a reservoir of SARS-CoV, their excretions or secretions, etc.) Close contact of one or more persons with confirmed SARS or under investigation for SARS
- Employed in an occupation associated with an increased risk of SARS-CoV exposure (e.g. staff in a laboratory working with live SARS-CoV/SARS-CoV-like viruses or storing clinical specimens infected with SARS-CoV; persons with exposure to wildlife or other animals considered a reservoir of SARS-CoV, their excretions or secretions, etc.)
- Close contact of one or more persons with confirmed SARS or under investigation for SARS History of travel to, or residence in, an area experiencing an outbreak of SARS
- A single positive antibody test for SARS-CoV A positive PCR result for SARS-CoV on a single clinical specimen and assay
- SARS-CoV specific antibody response by one of the following two:
- Results of (Q)SARs may be used instead of testing when the following conditions are met:
- A positive PCR result for SARS-CoV on a single clinical specimen and assay
- Detection SARS-CoV nucleic acid in at least one of the following three: