所谓SARS,即严重急性呼吸道综合症,是一种传染力很强的呼吸道疾病。这种新的疾病最先由世界卫生组织医生Carlo Urbani博士确诊,患者是一位48岁的商人,后来因该病而死亡。Urbani医生本人也因感染该病而于2003年3月29日去世,死时年仅46岁。在此期间,SARS开始蔓延。自SARS发现后的一个半月里,全球已有数千人被感染。 The so-called SARS, severe acute respiratory syndrome, is a kind of respiratory disease with strong infectious power. This new disease was first diagnosed by the World Health Organization doctor Dr. Carlo Urbani. The patient was a 48-year-old businessman who later died of the disease. Dr. Urbani himself died of the disease on March 29, 2003, and died only 46 years old. During this period, SARS began to spread. In the one and a half months since the discovery of SARS, thousands of people have been infected worldwide.