SARS-Like Viruses Found in China

World | September 5, 2003, Friday // 00:00

Fears that animals carrying SARS-like viruses could trigger another outbreak have been heightened by a testing programme in China. Scientists from hospitals in Hong Kong visited a market in the Guangdong province -- thought to be the source of an illness which killed hundreds. In several animals they found viruses similar to those which caused Sars, reports the journal Science. Some healthy people were also carrying these viruses, they found. The animals tested included civet cats, raccoon dogs, a ferret and a badger. Scientists have been looking for a "reservoir" of the coronavirus, which is believed to have "jumped" from animals to humans to cause the first SARS infections.

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