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  • Cats Likely Source of SARS, Say Researchers (Chinese delicacy likely source of deadly virus)

    05/23/2003 9:17:52 AM PDT · by ppaul · 167 replies · 884+ views
    VOA News ^ | 5/23/03 | Katherine Maria
    A Hong Kong researcher says a wild animal considered a dining delicacy is the carrier of a virus that causes SARS. The finding fits earlier speculation that Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome originated in wild animals. Hong Kong University revealed Friday that the civet cat, a wild animal indigenous to southern China, is the likely source of the virus that causes Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome. Dr. K.Y. Yuen said researchers at the Shenzhen Center of Disease Control found four strains of the virus in a large percentage of civet cats. "From a special type of civet cat, we are able...