SARS

A

Is caused by a variant of the common cold pneumoniae

B

Is caused by a variant of the common cold virus(Corona virus)

C

Is an acute form of asthma

D

Affects non-Vegetarians much faster than the vegetarians.

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B
SARS(severe acute respiratory syndrome)Has now affected 30 contreis on five containents,with more than 8,000 cases and more than 900 deaths.The disease is due to infection with the SARS coronavirus (SARS-CoV).The genome of this virus has been completely sequenced.When viruses resembling SARS-CoV were isolated from Himalayan palm civets found in a live animal market these animals as the reservoir of the virus.
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