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What are the causes of sars?

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Dr. John Leander Po answered

Specializes in Infectious Disease

A coronavirus: Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is caused by the SARS coronavirus, sometimes shortened to SARS-CoV (order- Nidovirales; family- Coronaviridae; genus- coronavirus). The genus is a diverse group of large, enveloped, positive-stranded RNA viruses that can cause respiratory and enteric diseases in humans and other animals.

Answered 3/21/2020

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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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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

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.

Answered 5/18/2020

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