Tuesday, May 27, 2003
SARS SOURCE
Here's an AP story in the Houston Chronicle indicating that people who handled exotic animals in south China have antibodies for the corona virus that causes SARS. This tends to confirm the story, noted here earlier, that SARS originated in the custom of eating exotic game animals that is increasingly common in south China. It also indicates that some -- perhaps most -- people exposed to the virus do not become seriously ill, since the tested workers weren't suffering from the disease. I now fully expect that these southern "delicacies" will be determined to be the source of the SARS epidemic. Now I can find some rational cause for my reluctance to enjoy these kinds of meals...
GB, THHotA
posted by Greg 8:27 PM
