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Article: VIRUS CAUSING SARS MAY BE RELATED TO COMMON COLD "IT'S A RESPIRATORY VIRUS THAT SPREADS EASILY. HOW ARE YOU GOING TO CONTROL IT?" PROFESSOR ASKS.(FRONT)
- Article from:
- The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
- Article date:
- March 25, 2003
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Byline: Seth Borenstein Knight Ridder Newspapers
WASHINGTON -- A mutated killer cousin of the common cold may be behind the strange new respiratory disease that has spread quickly around the world and killed 17 people, U.S. public health officials said Monday.
Different types of viral tests indicate that the new disease - called severe acute respiratory syndrome - is a never-before-seen member of the coronavirus family, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced.
There is no known cure for coronaviruses, so named because their shape resembles a crown.
The surprising development caught coronavirus experts by surprise ...