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To: maceng2 who wrote (90008)	4/4/2003 5:09:58 PM
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Breakthrough in SARS cause (April 05,2003 )(China Daily) www1.chinadaily.com.cn Chinese experts have made a great breakthrough in locating the cause of "atypical pneumonia," the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced on Friday in Beijing. "Chinese experts have successfully separated a chlamydia-like agent from the bodies of five SARS victims and the agent can be basically confirmed as the prime culprit of the disease," said CDC Director Li Liming. Since the first outbreak of the epidemic in South China's Guangdong Province, CDC experts have been conducting research to prove that the disease is caused by viruses, such as the corona virus. Despite the new findings, the possibility that the disease may be caused by the corona virus cannot be discounted. However, CDC experts have a great deal of reliable evidence indicating that the chlamyida-like agent is the primary cause of SARS, said Hong Tao, chief of CDC's Department of Viral Morphology. It is still hard to say when the final result will be completely recognized by experts around the world, Li said, "undoubtedly, Chinese experts are very likely to become the first to find the cause of the disease." Li also said that the State Council has approved CDC's suggestion to list SARS as a major infectious disease under the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Prevention and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, a move designed to strengthen prevention efforts. Li revealed that of the first wave of victims reported in Guangdong, no connection has been found between them by experts. This leaves many questions unanswered, including the origin of the disease, why it occurred in Guangdong and how it has spread to other places in China and around the world, Li noted. CDC experts and local Guangdong scientists are co-operating with a team of WHO experts in Guangdong to seek for patterns of transmission, clinical profiles, and the suspected causative agent of SARS.