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Special coverage of the outbreak, with emphasis on Australian cases and Asian travel issues.

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Hong Kong establishes quarantine camps as a deadly pneumonia virus claims more victims. [BBC News]

Several labs have found a coronavirus in SARS patients. One possibility is that the disease might be caused by both that and the previously isolated paramyxovirus acting in tandem. [New Scientist]

A diagnostic test for the virus, with information and related stories and links. [New Scientist]

The finding of human metapneumovirus (a paramyxovirus) only adds to the mystery.

The new, sometimes fatal, pneumonia-like disease got a head start in China because the country lacks a free press to dig out the truth. [BusinessWeek Online]

Because China blocks international agencies from recognizing Taiwan, the World Health Organization has never been able to help the island cope with epidemics. [China Post]

Overview of what is known so far. [Independent Online]

Indications that Acute Respiratory Syndrome is a member of the paramyxovirus family. [New Scientist]

Reviews what is known so far about the disease. [San Francisco Chronicle]

Update on the viral research into the etiology of SARS. [Canadian Press]

Disease information and containment efforts. [News24]

Health officials struggle to contain the spread of a "mystery illness" reported across continents. [BBC News]

"A deadly, mysterious respiratory illness spread largely among health care workers in Asia could be a new strain of flu or even an exotic virus passed from animals to people, a health official said yesterday." [The Star-Ledger]

Announcement of the global alert issued by the World Health Organization. [New Scientist]

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The epidemic has been brought under control in China, and good hygiene will prevent further spread in Hong Kong. [Shanghai Daily]

Flight crews are told to screen out sick passengers. [Independent Online]

Opinion that the small number of cases in Hong Kong's massive population does not justify the widespread panic and disruption that fear of the virus is causing. [spiked]

Archived news coverage, including interviews with cured patients, details of cooperation with the WHO, and discussion of the measures that have prevented the spread of the disease.

Overview of events since recognition of this outbreak as major global concern. Explains why this is more serious than outbreaks of other new infectious diseases in the last years. [WHO]

Jim Erickson looks at the outbreak's medical and economic repercussions.

How China's totalitarian government put the rest of the world at risk to the new virus. [The Daily Standard]

Features audio clips of the radio program series, a fact sheet and timeline on SARS, commentary, and links to related coverage. By NPR National Public Radio.

Online textbook reviewing available medical information.

Statement from US HHS director that the Public Health Service has added SARS to the list of quarantinable communicable diseases, in order to keep all options open.

Examines the affects that fear of the disease is having on international airlines. [About.com]

Early release of several articles dealing with the outbreak in Hong Kong and Canada.

In the absence of official information, rumors magnified the epidemic out of proportion. [bmj.com, formerly British Medical Journal]

Looks at the aftermath of the Canadian SARS epidemic in 2003.

News on SARS collected from diverse sources on the web.

News on the disease.

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Analysis showing that common masks offer only limited protection, but that the perception of protection may be more important. [Slate]

A senior Chinese physician accused his government yesterday of covering up details of the spread of the SARS virus in Beijing, raising fears that the crisis may be worse than previously thought. [The Scotsman]

Overview of the severe acute respiratory syndrome. [Wired News]

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