Researchers prepare for a possible pandemic (SARS)

USA Today ^ | September 7, 2003 | Steve Sternberg

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Like tag-team partners in a nasty global grudge match, SARS and West Nile viruses have traded places, at least for now. But when the weather turns cool, authorities say, SARS may be back.

Researchers say the deadly coronavirus that causes severe acute respiratory syndrome, known as SARS, still lurks in animals. That means it could again make the leap into humans.

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Singapore Says Tests Show One Man May Have SARS
Mon September 8, 2003 09:48 AM ET
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's Ministry of Health said on Monday initial tests appeared to indicate one man had tested positive for the deadly Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) virus.
"Initial tests seem to indicate this person has the SARS virus, but we are doing further tests tonight," a spokeswoman for the Ministry of Health told Reuters.

She said the man, whom she described only as being ethnic Chinese, had been picked up by surveillance at Singapore General Hospital, and had been isolated at a hospital.