severe acute respiratory syndrome
- SARS is an abbreviation for a severe acute respiratory syndrome which is a very contagious respiratory disease. This disease is characterized by headache, fever, dry cough, discomfort in the body, and difficulty in breathing that tends to be persistent as seen in the SARS study case 1, at Amoy Complex patient data analysis. SARs illness is transmitted from person to person and can be diagnosed as atypical pneumonia. There are however some symptoms that tend to cut across all patients and one of them is fever. SARS may end up causing pneumonia that is bacterial or viral as seen in the analysis of Epiville hospital Ward results.
- As supported by the case in Epiville Hospital Ward, it is evident that a bigger majority of the population impacted by SARS were older people of age above 60 years. The patterns from the cases show that the illness is less rampant among youth and more common in older people with underlying conditions. The infection curves in SARS outbreak study 2 at the star hospital shows that the disease has a pattern and an incubation period, therefore dynamics involved in the transmission of the same.
- Transmission
SARS is associated with coronavirus and most of the coronaviruses infect human beings. The common cold brought about by coronavirus among other viruses. SARS spreads from one person to another using respiratory secretions. This is evident from the Amoy Apartment case data analysis that shows 53 out of 70 people having the SARS infection. SARS spreads very quickly in healthcare facilities especially for people taking care of the sick. The SARS can remain on surfaces like buttons and elevators as seen in the Amoy Complex Apartment case.