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It can also be used to treat viral hemorrhagic fevers and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).
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Addy Bink, The Hill, 29 Oct. 2024
Plus, the vaccines from last year targeted previous severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants from 2023 that have since gone the way of skinny jeans and midi skirts.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024
The pathogen that causes the disease known as SARS, or severe acute respiratory syndrome, appeared out of nowhere in 2002, jumping from bats to a mongoose-like mammal known as the Asian palm civet and then to humans in China’s southeastern Guangdong province.
—David Willman, Washington Post, 12 Apr. 2023
Thai researchers had long monitored the bats for deadly strains of viruses known to infect humans, including rabies and severe acute respiratory syndrome, called SARS.
—David Willman and Joby Warrick, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Apr. 2023
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Addy Bink, The Hill, 29 Oct. 2024
Plus, the vaccines from last year targeted previous severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants from 2023 that have since gone the way of skinny jeans and midi skirts.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024
The pathogen that causes the disease known as SARS, or severe acute respiratory syndrome, appeared out of nowhere in 2002, jumping from bats to a mongoose-like mammal known as the Asian palm civet and then to humans in China’s southeastern Guangdong province.
—David Willman, Washington Post, 12 Apr. 2023
Thai researchers had long monitored the bats for deadly strains of viruses known to infect humans, including rabies and severe acute respiratory syndrome, called SARS.
—David Willman and Joby Warrick, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Apr. 2023
See All Example Sentences for severe acute respiratory syndrome
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severe acute respiratory syndrome
noun
: sars
In late 2002 and early 2003 epidemiologists in Ottawa, Ontario were able to … identify and help stop the spread of an outbreak of SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) that began in China.—Larry Brilliant, Forbes
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