“SARS is the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). The control of SARS through strict enforcement of isolation measures was one of the landmark achievements of infectious disease epidemiology and public health collaboration. One of the characteristics of SARS infection is the low ability of prodromal patients to transmit the virus; this characteristic may have contributed to the successful control of the infection because, in the case of an outbreak, it allows healthcare workers to identify patients before they become most contagious to contacts and to take precautionary measures. Isolation of patients, strict wearing of masks, gloves and isolation gowns, closing of schools, hospitals and clubs and isolation of exposed individuals may all contribute to the containment of disease outbreaks. Other than meticulous supportive care, there are no specific treatment recommendations. As with other viral infections, antimicrobial drug therapy is ineffective. In addition, no antiviral drugs have been found to be beneficial in the treatment of SARS. During the epidemic, most patients were treated with high-dose glucocorticoids and ribavirin, but most experts now believe that neither regimen has a clear beneficial effect and that immediate and delayed toxicity is more common.