SARS: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

Author: He Fuchu
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Publish Date: 2003-05-01
Features: This book is rich in content and information, incorporating diverse perspectives, and also includes important websites and research tools in the SARS field. It serves as a professional reference for healthcare professionals and scientific researchers studying SARS, as well as a teaching material for university and graduate students. SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) is also known as atypical pneumonia, a respiratory infectious disease caused by a novel coronavirus. Since the first case of SARS was identified in November 2002, as of May 26, 2003, a total of 8,202 SARS cases had been reported in 31 countries and regions worldwide (including recovered patients and some suspected cases, among which 4,662 patients had been cured, and 725 patients had died). The high transmissibility, rapid spread, wide prevalence, and significant impact of SARS far exceeded people's imagination. With a rigorous and pragmatic scientific attitude, this book systematically summarizes the epidemiological patterns, pathological characteristics, diagnostic methods, treatment measures of SARS, as well as the latest research progress in areas such as pathogen isolation and identification, epidemiological modeling, prevention and treatment drugs, and vaccines. It elaborates on the interaction between coronaviruses and hosts, as well as the pathogenic mechanisms, summarizes the origin, evolution, and evolutionary patterns of coronaviruses, systematically analyzes the genome of SARS coronavirus and its encoded products, and proposes research directions for further prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of SARS.