Foreign
Desk
| May 27, 2003, Tuesday
Tests in
China Suggest Some With SARS Don't Become
Ill
By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN and KEITH
BRADSHER (NYT) 1027 words
Late Edition - Final , Section A ,
Page 10 , Column 1
ABSTRACT
- World Health Orgn reports that blood tests
of people who work with exotic animals in
markets in southern China show that
significant proportion apparently have been
infected with SARS virus, suggesting that
some people may become infected without
becoming ill; findings are from two separate
studies of workers in markets in Guangdong
Province; they strengthen SARS link between
animals and humans (M) Blood tests of people
who worked with exotic animals in markets in
southern China show that a significant
proportion apparently had been infected with
the SARS virus, suggesting that some people
may become infected without becoming ill,
World Health Organization officials said
yesterday.
The findings are from two separate
studies of workers in markets in Guangdong
Province in China, and they strengthen the
SARS link between animals and humans, the
officials said in interviews.
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