[bonesmccoy]

The research continues...

[exDemMom]

Degenerated primer sets for paramyxoviruses were used in a RT-PCR [real-time polymerase chain reaction] in the patient's NPA.

Sorry to quibble here, but there seems to be an error here. "RT-PCR", in my experience, means "reverse transcriptase" polymerase chain reaction, not "real-time" PCR. So the virus is RNA-based, rather than DNA-based.

[ecru]

Now just think of how much faster we might have gotten to the bottom of this had all those microbiologists not met such untimely deaths last year.

heh. (not being paranoid!)

[EdReform]

BTTT

[k omalley]

So, what measures are hospitals taking to protect healthcare workers and their families? Are N95 masks proving to be effective? Now that there might be cases in North Carolina, this healthcare worker could possibly be coming face to face with SARS sooner than I'd care to think.

[TaxRelief]

Genus table with detailed links at NIH

The negative-sense ssRNA Viruses

Order	Family	Genus	Type Species
Mononegavirales	Paramyxoviridae       [Paramyxovirinae]	Respirovirus	Sendai virus
		Morbillivirus	Measles virus
		Rubulavirus	Mumps virus
		Henipavirus	Hendra virus
		Avulavirus	Newcastle disease virus
	[Pneumovirinae]	Pneumovirus	Human respiratory syncytial virus
		Metapneumovirus	Avian pneumovirus
	Rhabdoviridae	Vesiculovirus	Vesicular stomatitis Indiana virus
		Lyssavirus	Rabies virus
		Ephemerovirus	Bovine ephemeral fever virus
		Cytorhabdovirus	Lettuce necrotic yellows virus
		Nucleorhabdovirus	Potato yellow dwarf virus
		Novirhabdovirus	Infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus
Mononegavirales	Filoviridae	"Marburg-like viruses"	Marburg virus
		"Ebola-like viruses"	Zaire Ebola virus
	Bornaviridae	Bornavirus	Borna disease virus
	Orthomyxoviridae	Influenzavirus A	Influenza A virus
		Influenzavirus B	Influenza B virus
		Influenzavirus C	Influenza C virus
		Thogotovirus	Thogoto virus
		Isavirus	Infectious salmon anemia virus
	Bunyaviridae	Orthobunyavirus	Bunyamwera virus
		Hantavirus	Hantaan virus
		Nairovirus	Dugbe virus
		Phlebovirus	Rift Valley fever virus
		Tospovirus	Tomato spotted wilt virus
	Arenaviridae	Arenavirus	Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus
		Ophiovirus	Citrus psorosis virus
		Tenuivirus	Rice stripe virus
		Deltavirus	Hepatitis delta virus

[HapaxLegamenon]

I dunno. Sounds a lot like the ASIAN FLU!