title: Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).
abstract: This article reviews the virology, history, pathology, epidemiology, clinical presentations, complications, radiology, laboratory testing, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of severe respiratory distress syndrome, with reference to documented outbreaks of the disease.
authors.affiliation: Internal Medicine Residency Program, St Francis Medical Center, 601 Hamilton Avenue, Trenton, NJ 08629, USA. dcleri@StFrancisMedical.org
authors.forename: Dennis J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Cleri
authors.forename: Anthony J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Ricketti
authors.forename: John R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Vernaleo
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D045473:Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D045169:Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*