SARS and West Nile Virus
... We hear about the SARS and West Nile Virus affecting someone and somewhere new every day on the news. ... The disease SARS it was first reported on the 12th of March it is said to be caused by the coronavirus. ... Most SARS cases have been found in adults who were healthy prior to infection. ... They have defined sever acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) as a typical pneumonia of unknown etiology. ... We should now know that SARS is caused by a new coronavirus. ... The West Nile Virus (WNV) was first isolated in 1937, it has been known to cause asymptomatic infection and fevers in humans in Africa, West Asia, and the Middle East.