HOW PREPARED ARE WE TO CONTROL SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME IN FUTURE

No non-human reservoirs for smallpox- and polio-vir uses has contributed to the success of worldwide eradication of smallpox and a significant control o f poliomyelitis. Most emerging and re-emerging viru ses including SARS Coronavirus (SARS-CoV), have animal reservoirs and therefore,they impose a constant threat of host jump leading tooutbreaksin humans. I t is desirable to be ready for control of infection s that are caused by zoonotic pathogens, even after an outbrea k has ended. This literature review is a compilatio n of advances made so far for diagnosis and treatment of SARS.