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Review
. 2004 Jul;56(1):1-5.
doi: 10.1203/01.PDR.0000129184.87042.FC. Epub 2004 May 19.

SARS: the first pandemic of the 21st century

James D Cherry  1 , Paul Krogstad
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Review

SARS: the first pandemic of the 21st century

James D Cherry et al. Pediatr Res. 2004 Jul.
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Figure 1
Illustration of SARS virus, a member of the Coronavirus family. The membrane and protein envelope (violet) surround a genome of single stranded RNA. The entire virus is surrounded by glycoproteins (orange) that suggest a corona or crown. © Jim Dowdalls /Photo Researchers, Inc.
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