Wednesday, 19. March 2003
Topic: SCIENCE - on March 19, 2003 at 10:12:35 AM CET
Doctors in Hong Kong identify deadly pneumonia virus
Doctors in Hong Kong have scored a major breakthrough in identifying a deadly pneumonia virus that has killed at least 11 people and left hundreds ill as it races around the world.
Medical experts said the discovery would make the disease easier to diagnose and opened the way for a vaccine to be developed. But they stressed more lab work had to be done to pin down the exact make-up of the virus and scientists had not ruled out that it might be a new strain.
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