SARS most commonly refers to severe acute respiratory syndrome, a viral respiratory disease identified in the early 2000s caused by SARS-CoV-1.
SARS or Sars may also refer to:
Biology and medicine
- SARS (gene), a human gene for encoding the enzyme cytoplasmic seryl-tRNA synthetase
- Severe acute respiratory syndrome–related coronavirus (SARSr-CoV or SARS-CoV), a virus species containing:
- Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV or SARS-CoV-1), the virus that causes:
- Severe acute respiratory syndrome, an infectious disease first identified in 2002
- Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus that causes:
- Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), an infectious disease first identified in 2019
- Bat SARS-like coronavirus WIV1 (Bat SL-CoV-WIV1 or SARS-like coronavirus WIV1), a strain isolated from Chinese rufous horseshoe bats
- Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV or SARS-CoV-1), the virus that causes:
Organizations
- South African Revenue Service
- Special Anti-Robbery Squad, former unit of the Nigeria Police Force
- End SARS, decentralised protest movement aimed at disbanding the squad
- Suffolk Accident Rescue Service, a charity providing medical care in the United Kingdom
Places
- Sars (urban-type settlement), a settlement in Perm Krai, Russia
- Sars Bank, a bank in the Drake Passage between South America and Antarctica
France
- Le Sars, a commune in Pas-de-Calais
- Sars-le-Bois, a commune in Pas-de-Calais
- Sars-Poteries, a commune in Nord
- Sars-et-Rosières, a commune in Nord
Other uses
- SARS (band) (Sveže Amputirana Ruka Satrijanija), a Serbian alternative rock band
- Sarah D. Bunting or Sars, American blogger and journalist
- Sarsfields GAA (Cork) or Sars, a hurling club in Ireland
People with the surname
- Alain Sars (born 1961), French football referee
- Ernst Sars (1835–1917), Norwegian historian, son of Michael Sars
- Eva Sars (1858–1907), later Eva Nansen, Norwegian singer and skier, daughter of Michael Sars, wife of Fridtjof Nansen
- Georg Ossian Sars (1837–1927), Norwegian biologist, son of Michael Sars
- Maren Sars (1811–1898) née Welhaven, Norwegian socialite and wife of Michael Sars
- Michael Sars (1805–1869), Norwegian biologist and priest
See also
Search for "sars" on Wikipedia.
- SAR (disambiguation)
- Sarsaparilla (soft drink) or sarsi
- All pages with titles beginning with SARS
- All pages with titles beginning with Sars
- All pages with titles containing sars
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