Virus
SARS virus
Subclass of:
Betacoronavirus
Definitions related to sars coronavirus:
  • (severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus) A species of CORONAVIRUS causing atypical respiratory disease (SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME) in humans. The organism is believed to have first emerged in Guangdong Province, China, in 2002. The natural host is the Chinese horseshoe bat, RHINOLOPHUS sinicus.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • (sars virus) Species of coronavirus causing atypical respiratory disease (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) in humans; organism is believed to have first emerged in Guangdong Province, China, in 2002.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • A species of enveloped, spherical or pleomorphic, kidney-shaped or rod-shaped viruses in the Coronaviridae family and Coronavirus genus. The genome is composed of linear, single-stranded, positive-sense RNA. SARS coronaviruses are found in humans and cause severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). SARS coronaviruses are transmitted via direct person-to-person contact with infected secretions or excretions, and aerosols of respiratory droplets.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Any viral organism that can be assigned to the species SARS coronavirus.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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