Abstract

SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME (SARS)

Deepthi Somarouthu*, Vasantha Thota and Bhanu PrakashKamma

Abstract

SARS is a zoonotic acquired virus pandemic out broke in 2002- 2003.Which is a contagious and sometimes causes fatal respiratory illness. Also its thought that a strain of the corona virus usually only found in small mammals mutated, enable it to infect humans. Which this SARS is a common form of virus that typically causes upperrespiratory tract illness. Six different kinds of corona virus are known to infect humans. Four of these are common, and most people will experience at least one of them at some time in their life. Before SARS appeared, corona virus had not been particularly dangerous to humans, but they had been known to cause severe disease in animals. As a result, Scientists first thought that animals transmitted SARS to humans. They now believe that an animal virus changed into a new, more deadly strain, it is also important to know the routes and understand their mode of transmission, pathogenesis, their complete background.

Keywords: Zoonotic, SARS, Corona virus, Pandemic.