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Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a viral respiratory disease. It is a serious form of pneumonia that causes severe breathing difficulty and sometimes death. Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is caused by a coronavirus, called SARS-associated coronavirus (SARS-CoV). The virus was first detected in 2003. SARS usually spreads through close person-to-person contact. The hallmark symptoms of SARS include cough, breathing difficulty, high fever and other respiratory symptoms.
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