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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (681)	8/22/2003 8:08:22 PM
From: Henry Niman	of 1070

The story below still leaves open the SARS CoV sequences. Finding OC43 coronavirus sequence is not different than finding metapneumovirus sequences. Although OC43 is a coronavirus, there are no stretches of 750 nt (or even 50 nt) that are exact matches with SARS CoV. Either the SARS CoV sequence data is an artifact (generated by sequencing contaminating positive control in at least 8 different samples), or there is a SARS CoV, or it has recombined with OC43 (which could be an even greater concern, considering the greater than 50% attack rate). The article below does nothing to explain the exact matches of 750 nt of SARS CoV. canada.com Virus behind B.C. nursing home outbreak not SARS, officials say

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