Purchase Solution

Information regarding SARS

Not what you're looking for?

Ask Custom Question

I'm writing a paper on SARS, and I was looking for information concerning the possible hiding location of SARS, it's mutation, and the various genes.

Purchase this Solution
Solution Summary

Detailed information regarding to SARS (source, mutations and genes). Included are references to books on SARS.

Solution Preview

There are a great many sources of information out there regarding diseases. One of the first places you can look for general information to familiarize yourself with the topic is the internet. Try a general search using a search engine like yahoo.com or google.com The internet can provide you with a lot of general information however you have to be careful about the sources.

A better source for the latest scientific information relating to a disease like sars is pubmed. Usually your library should hold access to various scientific databases where you can look up journals and articles directed towards your topic. Pubmed (also known as medline) can be accessed by the general public at www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov The homepage will give you several options. You can either clink on the menu option at the top for pubmed or enter in the search term and and select pubmed in the left hand side drop down menu.

A general search pulls up 2751 references (these are articles published in scientific journals that can either be access for free online or you may need a subscription held by your institute or you will have to see if those journals are held in your institute library. To narrow down the search add more key terms like mutation and gene...This brings the total references to 35 articles.

Other ways to gain specific information it to limit your search using the available limits (select the limit option just below where you entered your keywords). To get general information about ...

Purchase this Solution
Free BrainMass Quizzes
Feeding Babies

Do you know the science behind feeding babies? Test your knowledge with this quiz.

Light and Sight Vocabulary

This quiz introduces basic definitions of vocabulary related to light and how human eyes. This information is important for an understanding of sight.

The Heart

This quiz test the understanding of the heart and some of its parts. It is important to understand how the heart functions and what makes it function.

Biochemistry Basics

A refresher quiz to test your knowledge of basics concepts of biochemistry.

Human Anatomy- Reproductive System

Do you know your reproductive anatomy?

View More Free Quizzes
Related BrainMass Solutions

  • Discussion of SARS quarantine for health science students

    SARS was not readily available when decisions regarding quarantine were made during the 2003 outbreak.

  • SARS, Outbreak, Travel, Pathogens, Toxins, Infections, and Disease

    This solution concludes with information about what factors related SARS make people anxious about possible contraction during travel.

  • Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) & Media

    Historically, the channels of information tend to be controlled either by industry or the government. Social media platforms of today have changed the control of information by these entities.

  • Outbreak Investigations

    References: 1. http://www.webmd.com/lung/tc/severe-acute-respiratory-syndrome-sars-overview 2. http://www.webmd.com/lung/tc/legionnaires-disease-and-pontiac-fever-topic-overview This solution contains information on the similarities and differences

  • Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)

    There is not enough information about the new virus to determine the full range of illness that it might cause. Coronaviruses have occasionally been linked to pneumonia in humans, especially people with weakened immune systems.

  • Epidemiology and Public Health Solution

    The student will use the formulas and examples given to work through the missing information in order to give the numerical answers required.

  • Privacy Issues with RFID

    SARS was first reported in Asia in February 2003, more information available at: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/sars/factsheet.htm. 5. For further discussion see EPIC VeriChip webpage at: http://www.epic.org/privacy/rfid/verichip.html.

  • RFID privacy issues

    SARS was first reported in Asia in February 2003, more information available at: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/sars/factsheet.htm. 5. For further discussion see EPIC VeriChip webpage at: http://www.epic.org/privacy/rfid/verichip.html.

  • Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) Epidemics

    There is no vaccine to prevent SARS. The most effective way to control a new viral disease such as SARS is to break the chain of transmission from infected to healthy persons.

View More Related Solutions