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What were the causes of sars?
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Virus: Severe acute respiratory syndrome is a viral respiratory disease in humans which is caused by the SARS coronavirus (SARS-CoV).
Answered 5/18/2020
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SARS: Severe acute respiratory syndrome in 2003 was caused by a beta coronavirus called SARS-CoV. It might have originated in Chinese horseshoe bats with masked palm civets acting as an intermediate host. The COVID 19 pandemic is associated with SARS-CoV-2 and might also be associated with bats.
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