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To: Ilaine who wrote (775)	9/28/2003 8:44:20 AM
From: Henry Niman	of 1070

Some disease clearly have a genetic component. The HLA examples are chronic auto-immune diseases and association with particular alleles is not surprising. Genetic links to viral diseases develop through a long selection process. However, the data on SARS strongly indicate that SARS CoV in humans is a VERY recent event which makes an HLA association less likely (although a link is possible - however, there is little data to actually prove that such a link exists, and if it does, there would be little practical use at this time because it looks like most humans are susceptible to SARS CoV infection and the mortality rate is strikingly high in older victims).

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