BREAKING: Mysterious Asian Illness May Be Brand New Disease Tests are unable to identify bug causing sickness Breaking new this morning in the San Francisco Chronicle is that the strange illness is a brand new disease. (March 18, 2003) I quote a brief excerpt from their report: A mysterious, flu-like illness that has stricken scores of hospital workers in Southeast Asia has stumped a battery of tests for known bacteria and viruses and most likely represents a new human disease of unknown origin, federal health authorities said Monday. At least 14 cases bearing some resemblance to the illness are being...