嚴重急性呼吸道症候群(Severe acute respiratory syndrome; SARS)是一種病毒引起的新興傳染病(emerging infectious diseases),它已被證實是由嚴重急性呼吸道症候群相關冠狀病毒(SARS-associated coronavirus; SARS-CoV)感染所引起。 本文藉由文獻的整理,以了解SARS在消化道及肝臟的表現。更想藉由比較SARS-CoV和C型肝炎病毒感染的免疫反應相似性,期能對兩者提供新的治療和致病機轉的想法。
Severe acute pulmonary syndrome (SARS) is an emerging disease caused by a novel coronavirus (SARS-associated virus, SARS-CoV). In this review, we try to summarize the manifestations of gastrointestinal tract and liver in SARS patients and raise potential ideas for the treatment of SARS, based on a comparison between the immunopathogenesis of SARS-CoV and HCV infections.