Article: WHO investigator in Canada to study SARS-like outbreak in British Columbia

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Dateline: VANCOUVER, British Columbia A World Health Organization virologist has joined the Canadian investigation of a flu-like illness in British Columbia that officials say could be a mild form of SARS or a related virus.

Almost 150 residents and staff members at one nursing home in a Vancouver suburb fell ill in recent weeks with sniffles and other symptoms much less severe than the headaches and pneumonia associated with severe acute respiratory syndrome.

Most have completely recovered, but six of the nursing home residents have died of pneumonia-related illness. The latest death, reported Tuesday, was an elderly woman who had typical pneumonia symptoms rather ...

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