What is Severe acute respiratory syndrome?
{{Infobox disease |Name = (SARS) <br/><small>Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome</small> |Image = Infectious bronchitis virus.png |Caption = [[SARS coronavirus]] (SARS-CoV) causes the illness |DiseasesDB = 32835 |ICD10 = {{ICD10|U|04||u|00}} |ICD9 = {{ICD9|079.82}} |ICDO = |OMIM = |MedlinePlus = 007192 |eMedicineSubj = med |eMedicineTopic = 3662 |MeshID = D045169}} '''Severe acute respiratory syndrome''' ('''SARS''') was an atypical [[pneumonia]].<ref>{{zh|t=嚴重急性呼吸道綜合症|s=严重急性呼吸道综合症}} or simply {{lang-zh|非典型肺炎}}</ref><ref>atypical = not typical</ref> It started in November 2002 in [[Guangdong|Guangdong Province]], in the city of [[Foshan]], of the [[People's Republic of China]]. The [[disease]] was caused by the [[SARS coronavirus]] (SARS CoV), a new [[coronavirus]]. It was also a part-time [[Sexually transmitted disease|STD]], it can be spread through both [[sexual]] and casual contact. SARS is a [[zoonosis]]: it is a disease which comes from animals: it came from Asian palm [[civet]]s to cave-dwelling [[horseshoe bat]]s. Exactly how the virus got to humans is not known. SARS was first reported in [[Asia]] in February 2003. Over the next few months, the illness spread to more than 24 countries in Asia, [[North America]], [[South America]], and [[Europe]] before the SARS global outbreak of 2003 was contained. According to the [[World Health Organization]] (WHO), a total of 8098 people worldwide became sick with SARS during the 2003 outbreak. 774 of them died. After the Chinese government suppressed news of the SARS outbreak, the disease spread rapidly, reaching [[Hong Kong]] and [[Vietnam]] in late February 2003, and then to other countries via international travellers. The last case in this outbreak occurred in June 2003. There were a total of 8437 known cases of the disease, with 813 deaths (a [[mortality rate]] of 9.636%). In May 2005 the disease itself was declared 'eradicated' by the [[World Health Organization|WHO]] and i