SARS (disambiguation)

Last updated March 02, 2025

SARS most commonly refers to severe acute respiratory syndrome, a viral respiratory disease identified in the early 2000s caused by SARS-CoV-1.

Biology and medicine

SARS (gene), a human gene for encoding the enzyme cytoplasmic seryl-tRNA synthetase
Severe acute respiratory syndrome–related coronavirus (SARSr-CoV or SARS-CoV), a virus species containing:
- Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV or SARS-CoV-1), the virus that causes:
  - Severe acute respiratory syndrome, an infectious disease first identified in 2002
- Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus that causes:
  - Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), an infectious disease first identified in 2019
- Bat SARS-like coronavirus WIV1 (Bat SL-CoV-WIV1 or SARS-like coronavirus WIV1), a strain isolated from Chinese rufous horseshoe bats

South African Revenue Service
Special Anti-Robbery Squad, former unit of the Nigeria Police Force
- End SARS, decentralised protest movement aimed at disbanding the squad
Suffolk Accident Rescue Service, a charity providing medical care in the United Kingdom

Alain Sars (born 1961), French football referee
Ernst Sars (1835–1917), Norwegian historian, son of Michael Sars
Eva Sars (1858–1907), later Eva Nansen, Norwegian singer and skier, daughter of Michael Sars, wife of Fridtjof Nansen
Georg Ossian Sars (1837–1927), Norwegian biologist, son of Michael Sars
Maren Sars (1811–1898) née Welhaven, Norwegian socialite and wife of Michael Sars
Michael Sars (1805–1869), Norwegian biologist and priest

SARS (band) (Sveže Amputirana Ruka Satrijanija), a Serbian alternative rock band
Sarah D. Bunting or Sars, American blogger and journalist
Sarsfields GAA (Cork) or Sars, a hurling club in Ireland