S is a deadly epidemic crippling China and other countries.
S cases were registered and 224 people have died from the illness in .
China. Shanghai, the most densely populated city of China, saw its first death from the .
S.A.R.S virus, within the past 24 hours, while the number of its suspected S.A.R.S cases .
remains at 12. (China's Ministry of Health Latest S.A.R.S Statistics). Although there is no .
cure yet, people should acknowledge the problem and contain it before it spreads. .
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S.A.R.S ( known as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) has caused a .
multicountry outbreak. S.A.R.S has been discovered in Asia, Europe, and North .
America. The first symptom of S.A.R.S begins with a fever measured temperature .
greater than 100' F. The fever usually leads to chills, headaches, and body aches. .
"After 2 to 7 days, SARS patients may develop a dry, nonproductive cough that might be .
accompanied by or progress to the point where insufficient oxygen is getting to the blood. .
In 10 percent to 20 percent of cases, patients will require mechanical ventilation."" .
(What is SARS?).
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A. Origin of Disease.
S.A.R.S is caused by a new strain of a corona virus, which have been transmitted .
from animals to humans in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong. It is not known .
how exactly the disease was transmitted but so far the virus has killed many people, mainly .
in China, Hong Kong, Canada and Singapore. However, there is a theory on how it came .
to existence, Michael Lai, a virologist at the University of Southern California, states "My .
analysis suggests that it likely existed in a wild animal, probably a bird. It jumped species .
only recently when it came into contact with a human being,"" This can happen when a .
person consumes an animal with a coronavirus (SARS: Where Did It Come From? 37). .
The coronavirus (SCoV) is the basic agent of the Severe Acute Respiratory .
Syndrome. Similar SCoV viruses were isolated from Himalayan palm civets found in a .
