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  • Severe immune response kills SARS victims

    05/02/2003 8:39:46 AM PDT · by CathyRyan · 76 replies · 297+ views
    NewScientist.com news service ^ | May 3, 2003 | Robert Walgate
    An excessive immune reaction appears to be the fatal factor in patients who die of SARS, according to medical data from Hong Kong. The best estimate of the fatality rate of SARS is rising steadily and so understanding how the disease causes death is critical to finding the best treatments. Scientists have also discovered that the SARS virus can remain viable for at least 24 hours after being deposited in a droplet on a plastic surface - a simulation, for example, of an infected person coughing on to the wall of a lift. The new information was revealed by Klaus...