Open AccessSARS corona virus: A new dilemma
Author(s) -
N Kuljić-Kapulica,
Biljana Srdić,
Ljilja Mijatov-Ukropina,
Ljubica Stojsić-Dzunja
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
medicinski pregled
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1820-7383
pISSN - 0025-8105
DOI - 10.2298/mpns0502043k
Subject(s) - medicine , covid-19 , coronavirus , virology , corona (planetary geology) , betacoronavirus , virus , dilemma , virus diseases , disease , severe acute respiratory syndrome , china , intensive care medicine , infectious disease (medical specialty) , outbreak , philosophy , physics , epistemology , astrobiology , venus , political science , law
In late 2002, cases of life-threatening respiratory disease with no identifiable cause were reported from Guangdong Province, China, and they were followed by reports from other countries. The syndrome was designated "severe acute respiratory syndrome" (SARS). Investigators used a combination of traditional methods and molecular techniques to identitify the unknown pathogen. Researches showed that SARS is caused by a new coronavirus, never detected before and which is not related to any of the known coronaviruses.