At present it is widely believed in the medical community that after this first appearance by SARS, in which it has taken 600 lives worldwide, it could very well become a localized illness that periodically resurfaces in mini-epidemics.
目前學界普遍認為，SARS 在此次首度現形、並造成全球近七百名死亡病例後，未來極有可能轉成「風土病」、不時引爆一陣小流行。