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SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome)

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12:54 Mar 26, 2020
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English term or phrase: SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome)
Definition from CNN:
SARS, or Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, is a type of coronavirus. The acronyms itself refers to the illnesses, while SARS-CoV refers specifically to the physical virus. SARS is often used to contextualize the current coronavirus outbreak through the SARS epidemic of 2002 and 2003. That outbreak killed more than 770 people, with most of the deaths occurring in China and Hong Kong.

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  • First known person-to-person transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in the USA. Montreal Gazette
  • SARS showed how quickly infection can spread in a highly mobile and interconnected world. Mayo Clinic
  • SARS was first reported in Asia in February 2003. The illness spread to more than two dozen countries in North America, South America, Europe, and Asia before the SARS global outbreak of 2003 was contained. CDC (Centers for Disease Control)
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5Závažný akutní respirační syndrom
Helena Matyášová
5těžký akutní respirační syndrom
Mira Dornakova


  

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Závažný akutní respirační syndrom


Definition from own experience or research:
Závažný akutní respirační syndrom

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Helena Matyášová
Czech Republic
Local time: 13:34
Native speaker of: Czech
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těžký akutní respirační syndrom


Definition from Státní zdravotní ústav:
Těžký akutní respirační syndrom (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrom, SARS )

Example sentence(s):
  • SARS neboli těžký akutní respirační syndrom je virové onemocnění dýchacích cest, které se obdobně jako chřipka přenáší hlavně kapénkovou cestou. - Zdravotnictví a medicína  
  • Epidemie těžkého akutního respiračního syndromu vyvolaného koronavirem 2 (SARS-CoV-2): zvýšený přenos v Číně. 4. aktualizace Rychlého hodnocení rizik Evropského centra pro kontrolu nemocí (ECDC) - Státní zdravotnický úřad  
  • SARS (z angl. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, česky těžký akutní respirační syndrom, či také syndrom náhlého selhání dýchání) je virové onemocnění dýchacích cest způsobené koronavirem SARS-CoV. - Wikipedia  

Explanation:
Těžký akutní respirační syndrom se někdy také označuje jako syndrom náhlého selhání dýchání.
Mira Dornakova
Spain
Local time: 13:34
Native speaker of: Native in CzechCzech
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