Friday, October, 30, 2009
Sars
Health Encyclopedia: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars)
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SARS
Prevention
Minimizing contact with people with SARS minimizes the risk of the disease. This might include minimizing travel to locations where there is an uncontrolled outbreak. Where possible, direct contact with people with SARS should be avoided until at least 10 days after the fever and other symptoms are gone.
The CDC has identified hand hygiene as the most important part of SARS prevention. This might include hand washing, or cleaning hand...
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.........Background Information: This contagious respiratory infection was first described on Feb. 26, 2003.
SARS was identified as a new disease by World Health Organization (WHO) physician Dr....
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......may hear abnormal lung sounds while listening to the chest with a stethoscope. In most people with
SARS, worsening chest X-ray changes, or chest CT changes, show the presence of pneumonia or...
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......reduce lung inflammation. In some serious cases, serum from people who have already recovered from
SARS (convalescent serum) has been given. There is no strong evidence to show that these...
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...common in adults than previously thought, especially the elderly.
Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).
SARS is a respiratory infection caused by a newly-described coronavirus, which appears to...
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...possible).Prevention: Avoid water activities where leptospirosis occurs.
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)Respiratory infection caused by coronavirus. Spread by infected droplets from...
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