Health labs focus on mystery pneumonia
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Eleven laboratories in ten countries are collaborating with the World Health Organization to investigage a mysterious pneumonia-like disease, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), that may have had its origin in Guangdong province, China. Describes the symptoms and number of cases reported of SARS, and current research.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2003
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Apartment complex holds clues to pandemic potential of SARS
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An apartment block in the Kowloon district of Hong Kong could provide clues to the true risk posed by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). The study at the Hong Kong Department of Health is the world's only large-scale investigation of the extent to which people without symptoms are carrying SARS.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2003
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Who issues rallying cry to keep fight against SARS on track
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Health officials hope that international effort to investigate and contain severe acute respiratory syndrome will become a model for acting against future outbreaks of other infectious diseases.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2003
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