SARS Virus Found in Recovered Hong Kong Patients

Reuters via Yahoo:

Hong Kong doctors have discovered for the first time traces of the deadly SARS virus in the stool and urine of patients thought to be free of the virus and discharged from hospital, officials said on Thursday.

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New York Times: "The new acting mayor of Beijing called the SARS epidemic severe and uncontrolled, but said that the battle against the disease had begun." By Erik Eckholm.
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BioSpace.com. "China's capital faces a crucial week that could determine the outcome of the nation's battle to contain a dangerous respiratory illness -- a challenge it approaches with its medical system already vastly strained. "
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BBC News:

Canadian doctors dealing with SARS have cast doubt on the origins of the virus that has killed more than 350 people around the world. Speaking at the Sars conference being held in Toronto, they say they find coronavirus - believed to cause the disease - in under half of their Sars patients.

This is the second article I've seen in the past week which questions coronavirus as the cause of SARS.

Interesting.

-Tim
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