SARS SPREADS IN CHINA (Is the bug out of the box again)

NATURE ^ | 04-27-04 | HELEN PEARSON

[Mother Abigail]

Health officials are investigating another four suspected cases of SARS in China. The cases bring the total number affected to eight, with more expected.

All of the cases can be traced to a laboratory at the Beijing Center for Disease Control and Prevention, China, where the coronavirus that causes SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) was being studied. The first person to fall ill, on 25 March, was a 26-year-old female researcher who had worked in the lab.

[CathyRyan]

Welcome Back! We have missed you!

[TaxRelief]

Where are the links to all these articles, portions of articles, and research papers that you are posting?

We need to footnote and link to avoid trouble with copyright laws.

[Nov3]

Please ping me. Is there any word about which strain this is. The one at the Metropole?

[Jim Noble]

This pattern of nosocomial spread due to lack of early identification of SARS as a possible diagnosis is very reminiscent of the outbreak in 2003.

As is the failure to restrict travel soon enough.

[Mother Abigail]

Thank you TR,

I will try to include links on the material posted.

Oh, where have my manners gone...

[flutters]

Hi Mother Abigail. It's nice to see you posting again. We missed you and often wondered about you. I hope all is well with you and a warm welcome back!

[Judith Anne]

Thank you very much for all the information you bring to us. As I mentioned earlier, I am not as concerned about SARS this year, but who knows? I especially appreciate the dates of infection and dates of illness. I had been thinking there was a long incubation, a matter of weeks, and it seems so.