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Microbiologist: SARS now attacking intestines
The Sydney Morning Herald (SMH.com.au) ^ | April 23, 2003 | DPA

Posted on 04/22/2003 7:49:22 AM PDT by EternalHope

Microbiologist: SARS now attacking intestines

April 23 2003

The deadly SARS virus is now attacking the intestines as well as the respiratory system, a leading Hong Kong microbiologist said yesterday.

Speaking on Hong Kong radio station RTHK, Professor Malik Peiris of Hong Kong University said the change might indicate the virus had mutated, as many experts feared.

Professor Peiris is one of the microbiologists at the forefront of the Hong Kong research into the SARS virus, which killed another five people in the territory yesterday, bringing the total number of deaths to 99.

His comments come amid growing concern that the virus is becoming more virulent, with many doctors noting changes in the way the disease behaves and whom it kills.

A number of deaths over the past week have occurred in younger, previously healthy people - one being a 34-year-old pregnant women.

An increasing number of those infected with SARS are now suffering from diarrhoea. As many of two thirds of the residents who contracted SARS in the outbreak at the Amoy Gardens high-rise had diarrhoea, according to health officials.

Tom Buckley, the head of the intensive care unit at Hong Kong's Princess Margaret Hospital, said organ failure was also now becoming more common.

"Initially patients were presenting with just respiratory failure," Dr Buckley said. "Now we're seeing renal failure and other organ failure."

Hong Kong recorded 32 new infections yesterday - 10 more than Monday - taking the total to 1434. The latest deaths were all of people over the age 65, with four having an history of chronic illness.

Announcing the latest figures, health secretary E K Yeoh said he believed SARS would not go away and the Government had to concentrate on controlling it.

"We do not anticipate that it will be eradicated completely because this virus is highly infectious," he said. "So our primary task is to reduce the size of the viral load in the community and prevent outbreaks."

DPA

This story was found at: http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/22/1050777263907.html


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KEYWORDS: amoygardens; intestines; sars
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To: Trust but Verify
__We are tea drinkers and do not fall ill when everyone around us does.__

I've had the same experience, except for me the majic elixer is coffee - or margaritas...
101 posted on 04/22/2003 10:58:25 AM PDT by Not Insane
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To: _Jim
Not handy..but I'll look.
102 posted on 04/22/2003 10:58:52 AM PDT by seeker41
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To: _Jim
There have now been almost 4,000 probable cases of Sars worldwide, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Found this at the BBC...

103 posted on 04/22/2003 11:01:04 AM PDT by seeker41
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To: InShanghai
I recall reading it and the link on that rat coronavirus. It had high morbidity and no mortality in rats...but it reduced fertility in them. I remember commenting about the potential(possible/probable - you pick) use for population control.It also affected the lacrymal glands. I remember the prefixes adeno and lacrym in the lengthy name and maybe the virus name began with an R.

Didn't someone recently post an article about the swollen & red eyes of a Vietnamese nurse survivor?
104 posted on 04/22/2003 11:02:00 AM PDT by Domestic Church (AMDG...get ready to wind back the clock a century or so)
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To: Stentor
I don't have TV. The first I heard of Sars was two weeks ago, here on FR.

It's nice to be able to skip the panic part.
105 posted on 04/22/2003 11:02:22 AM PDT by Not Insane
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To: InShanghai
I could never understand why anyone would want a rat as a pet.

I agree. Now a Gerbil I can understand...

106 posted on 04/22/2003 11:05:20 AM PDT by Lysander (My army can kill your army)
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To: Servant of the Nine
"There is no way you can hope to vaccinate and protect your own troops and population."

No need to vaccinate in China...this answers their population issue. Even if their population is cut in half they will have enough still for manufacturing and a standing army.
107 posted on 04/22/2003 11:09:11 AM PDT by Domestic Church (AMDG...get ready to wind back the clock a century or so)
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To: All; _Jim
The current 5.6 percent death rate for SARS is much higher than that for the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic, which was less than 1 percent, said Stoehr. But the influenza pandemic killed from 20 million to 40 million people in the world because it spread so quickly.

From Salt lake Tribune http://www.sltrib.com/2003/Apr/04222003/nation_w/50118.asp

108 posted on 04/22/2003 11:09:28 AM PDT by seeker41
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To: Geezerette
Oil of Oregano? Check this out:
http://www.drweil.com/app/cda/drw_cda.html-command=TodayQA-questionId=3200-pt=Question
109 posted on 04/22/2003 11:10:35 AM PDT by Not Insane
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To: Geezerette
Yes, Colloidal silver is good, but a little iffy. I understand you shouldn't use it on a prolonged basis. I bought some SeaSilver liquid vitamins but only used one bottle.

Ah, yeah...


110 posted on 04/22/2003 11:14:49 AM PDT by Chemist_Geek ("Drill, R&D, and conserve" should be our watchwords! Energy independence for America!)
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To: EternalHope
Wow, diarrhea with the flu! Imagine that.
111 posted on 04/22/2003 11:16:33 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: Prince Charles
If this thing gets out of hand it will decimate whole populations.

SARS is so over.

112 posted on 04/22/2003 11:18:51 AM PDT by RightWhale (Theorems link concepts; proofs establish links)
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To: Chemist_Geek
You can voice your skepticism until you're blue in the face, but good luck getting the supplement pushers to listen : )
113 posted on 04/22/2003 11:20:28 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: Domestic Church; vetvetdoug
It's a bit misleading to say that SDA in rats has a low mortality rate. While technically that's true (the disease itself kills very few rats,) many rats who contract the disease outside a sterile lab setting die from secondary infections that the SDA makes them vulnerable to.
114 posted on 04/22/2003 11:24:29 AM PDT by aristeides
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To: vetvetdoug
What can you tell us about the parallels with Feline Infectious Peritonitis (FIP)?
115 posted on 04/22/2003 11:26:14 AM PDT by aristeides
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To: InShanghai; riri; CathyRyan
Cathy Ryan tells me that it was riri that posted that information about the genome.
116 posted on 04/22/2003 11:42:34 AM PDT by aristeides
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To: IvanT
Hear hear. Listening to one of them in the office snorting the same 5 ml of snot back into his head every 30 seconds is enough to make you want to put on a hazmat suit.
117 posted on 04/22/2003 11:44:48 AM PDT by jiggyboy
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To: technochick99
Hmmmmm...was here name "Lorene?"
118 posted on 04/22/2003 11:48:24 AM PDT by goodnesswins (Rename the UN.....the ..........TTS..............Totalitarian Tyrants Society (with sticky fingers))
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To: All; _Jim
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Location: WHO > WHO Sites > CSR Home > Cumulative Number of Reported Probable Cases of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)

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Cumulative Number of Reported Probable Cases of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)


From: 1 Nov 20021 To: 22 Apr 2003, 17:00 GMT+2

See Affected Areas, 22 April 2003

Country Cumulative number of case(s) Number of new cases since last WHO update

Final Status

Local chain(s) of transmission3

Date of last report

Number of deaths Number recovered 2
Australia  3 0 0  3

None

17 Apr 2003

Brazil  2 0 0  0

None

16 Apr 2003

Canada 139 7 13 65

 Yes

 22 Apr 2003

China  2001 42 92 1201

 Yes

 22 Apr 2003

China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region4 1434 32 99 461

 Yes

 22 Apr 2003

China, Taiwan 29 0 0 21

 Yes

 22 Apr 2003

France  5 0 0 1

 None

 21 Apr 2003

Germany  7  1 0  6

 None

 22 Apr 2003

India  1 0 0 1

 None

 21 Apr 2003

Indonesia  1 0 0 0

 None

 19 Apr 2003

Italy  3  0 0 2  None

 22 Apr 2003

Japan  2 -3 0  0  None

 22 Apr 2003

Kuwait  1  0 0  1  None  20 Apr 2003
Malaysia  6  0 1  0  None  22 Apr 2003
Mongolia  3  0 0 3  None  17 Apr 2003
Philippines 2  0 1  1  None  21 Apr 2003
Republic of Ireland  1  0 0  1  None  21 Apr 2003
Romania  1  0 0  1  None  21 Apr 2003
Singapore 186 2 16 110  Yes  22 Apr 2003
South Africa 1 0 0 0 None 9 Apr 2003
Spain  1  0 0  0  None  21 Apr 2003
Sweden 3 0 0  0  None  21 Apr 2003
Switzerland  1  0 0  1  None  21 Apr 2003
Thailand  7 0 2  5  None 22 Apr 2003
United Kingdom  6 0 0  5  Yes  22 Apr 2003
United States 38 -1 0  not available Yes 21 Apr 2003
Viet Nam  63  0 5  46  Yes  17 Apr 2003
Total 3947 80 229 1935    

Notes

As SARS is a diagnosis of exclusion, the status of a reported case may change over time. This means that previously reported cases may be discarded after further investigation and follow-up.

1. The start of the period of surveillance has been changed to 1 November 2002 to capture cases of atypical pneumonia in China that are now recognized as being cases of SARS.

2. Includes cases who are "discharged" or "recovered" as reported by the national public health authorities.

3. National public health authorities report to WHO on the areas in which local chain(s) of transmission is/are occurring. These areas are provided on the list of (See Affected Areas ).

4. One death attributed to Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China occurred in a case medically transferred from Viet Nam.

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119 posted on 04/22/2003 12:12:16 PM PDT by seeker41
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To: _Jim
See the table I posted for numbers of recovered persons. Sorry to ping you so much.
120 posted on 04/22/2003 12:13:38 PM PDT by seeker41
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