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SARS still a problem: Repost
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By: Catani


05 Sep 2003, 04:35 AM EDT
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OT: Sars is still an issue. Scientists isolated similar viruses
in animals which are still sold on chinese markets. Hope we don´t need a new outbreak to sell the filters

Isolation and Characterization of Viruses Related to the SARS Coronavirus from Animals in Southern China
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. Guan 1*, B. J. Zheng 1, Y. Q. He 2, X. L. Liu 2, Z. X. Zhuang 2, C. L. Cheung 1, S. W. Luo 1, P. H. Li 1, L. J. Zhang 1, Y. J. Guan 1, K. M. Butt 1, K. L. Wong 1, K. W. Chan 3, W. Lim 4, K. F. Shortridge 1, K. Y. Yuen 1, J. S. M. Peiris 1, L. L. M. Poon 1

1 Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, University Pathology Building, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, P.R. China.
2 Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, P.R. China.
3 Department of Pathology, The University of Hong Kong, University Pathology Building, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, P.R. China.
4 Government Virus Unit, Department of Health, Hong Kong SAR, P.R. China.

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: [e-mail].

A novel coronavirus (SCoV) is the etiological agent of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome. SCoV-like viruses were isolated from Himalayan palm civets found in a live animal market in Guangdong, China. Evidence of virus infection was also detected in other animal, including a raccoon-dog, and in humans working at the same market. All the animal isolates retain a 29-nucleotide sequence, which is not found in most human isolates. The detection of SCoV-like viruses in small wild mammals in live retail market indicates a route of interspecies transmission, although the natural reservoir is not known.

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