Highly contagious resp. illness

• Early 2000s outbreak, for short
• Respiratory syndrome
• 2002-2003 epidemic
• Viral illness ID'd in 2003
• 2002-'03 viral outbreak, briefly
• Headline-making illness of 2002-03
• WHO concern of several years ago
• Outbreak of 2002-03

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
SARS is severe acute respiratory syndrome, a viral respiratory disease of zoonotic origin caused by the SARS coronavirus. SARS , Sars , or sars may also refer to: SARS coronavirus , the virus that causes severe acute respiratory syndrome Sars (urban-type ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
by 2003, acronym from severe acute respiratory syndrome .