[Mother Abigail]

Well Canine Parvovirus was a completely new disease, not merely a previously unrecognized one. I believe that it is a mutant of the cat distemper virus.

But wouldn't we see the terrible diarrhea?

[per loin]

From the China Daily:

"The disease is now effectively under control and the patients have recovered gradually and are resuming their normal lives," Foreign Ministry spokesman Kong Quan said yesterday.

Kong revealed that two officials of the World Health Organization (WHO) and a group of experts visited China in late February and early March to investigate the SARS cases in Guangdong Province.

[vetvetdoug]

Canine Parvovirus was a mutant of the Feline Distemper Virus which was also a parvovirus, no relation to the Paramyxovirus family. Canine Distemper is a morbillivirus(paramyxovirus). Canine Distemper virus and the Feline Parvovirus are both mutatable. Parvo causes diarrhea, Distemper is a respiratory.