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SARS corona virus
Research result shows civet cat IS the main carrier of SARS corona virus, experts of Guangdong research team for SARS prevention and curing announces yesterday (Oct 10th).
Virus carried by civet cat is proved to be extremely similar to the corona virus causing SARS in Jan this year. Some following researches show animals including birds, bat, civet cat, fox, etc, can also be affected by SARS virus which had claimed thousands of lives last year.
The team, comprised by 40 experts from Guangdong, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing and other areas of China, has made great progresses on SARS research, says Zhong Nanshan, China's top SARS expert.
They first found that SARS delitescence has 1-12 days, with an average of 4.5 days.
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