SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome)
Medical definition
The symptoms of SARS are a lot like pneumonia or the flu. People get a very high fever - at least 100.4 degrees. They also usually have shortness of breath or other problems breathing and a dry cough. Some people get other symptoms including a headache, stiff or achy muscles, and a loss of appetite, fatigue, a rash and diarrhoea.
Doctors believe that it is spread primarily by tiny droplets that get airborne when someone sneezes or coughs, or by contact with other bodily fluids such as blood and faeces. Most people who have contracted SARS outside of Asia have either recently travelled to Asian countries where it was spreading or had close contact with someone who recently returned from there or became infected by someone who travelled there.
The disease is caused by a microbe known as a coronavirus. Coronaviruses usually just cause the common cold, but can cause serious respiratory illnesses in animals.
Antibiotics don't seem to work, which is usually the case with virus-caused diseases.
All allicin formulations, that is powder, liquid and cream, have been requisitioned in America for testing by The National Institute for Health (NIH), the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and The United States Army Military Research Institute for Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID). They are performing tests against a wide range of microbial species including SARS, West Nile Virus, EEE (Eastern Equine Encephalitis), Smallpox, Vaccinia and Variola species.
