Organisms

Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus

A species of CORONAVIRUS causing atypical respiratory disease (SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME) in humans. The organism is believed to have first emerged in Guangdong Province, China, in 2002. The natural host is the Chinese horseshoe bat, RHINOLOPHUS sinicus.

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A species of CORONAVIRUS causing atypical respiratory disease (SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME) in humans. The organism is believed to have first emerged in Guangdong Province, China, in 2002. The natural host is the Chinese horseshoe bat, RHINOLOPHUS sinicus.

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  • HCoV-SARS
  • SARS Virus
  • SARS-Associated Coronavirus
  • SARS-CoV-1
  • SARS-Related Coronavirus
  • SARS-like coronavirus
  • SARSr-CoV
  • SARSrCoV
  • Urbani SARS-Associated Coronavirus
  • Coronavirus, SARS-Associated
  • Coronavirus, SARS-Related
  • Coronavirus, Urbani SARS-Associated
  • SARS Associated Coronavirus
  • SARS Related Coronavirus
  • SARS like coronavirus
  • SARS-Associated Coronavirus, Urbani
  • SARS-like coronaviruses
  • SARSrCoVs
  • Severe acute respiratory syndrome related coronavirus
  • Urbani SARS Associated Coronavirus
  • SARS Coronavirus
  • SARS-CoV
  • Sarbecovirus
  • Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Virus
  • Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus
  • Coronavirus, SARS
  • Sarbecoviruses

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Indexed with the subheadings chemistry, classification, drug effects, enzymology, genetics, growth & development, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pathogenicity, physiology, radiation effects, ultrastructure.

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infection = SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME

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History Note

2023; use SARS Virus 2003-2022

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D045473. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D045473
  2. Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SARS-CoV-1
  3. Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q85438966