The severe acute respiratory syndrome is known as SARS-1 and SARS coronavirus is known as SARS-CoV-1 .
Severe acute respiratory syndrome ( SARS , or SARS-1 ) is a viral respiratory disease of zoonotic origin that surfaced in the early 2000s caused by the first SARS coronavirus ( SARS-CoV , or SARS-CoV-1 ) In late 2017 , Chinese scientists traced the virus through the intermediary of civets to cave-dwelling horseshoe bats in Yunnan province .
Severe acute respiratory syndrome