Asia is a particular standout, due to its experience with the SARS virus in 2003.
Mexico could catch a break if the SARS virus persists or spreads in Asia.
The Sars virus, which emerged in China in 2002, killed hundreds of people.
The SARS virus is most probably a coronavirus, the type of virus responsible for up to 30% of common colds.
More than 230 people have died of the SARS virus in Hong Kong, although tough preventative measures may have got the territory past the worst.
The fresh warnings are another blow to the beleaguered tourism industries in Southeast Asia which have already been hit by the impact of the SARS virus, Iraq war and October 12 Bali bombings.
Unfortunately, one drug that has been widely tipped as a treatment for the disease does not kill the SARS virus in a petri dish, seriously denting any hope that the drug will be effective at treating SARS in people.
The alarming statements by the WHO and other UN agencies last week may in part have been prompted by a widespread feeling that health authorities in Asia failed to act quickly enough last year to contain the SARS virus, a hitherto unknown human infection.
The four-hour event ended with everyone holding hands and singing a song with the lyrics "You have to go through a thunderstorm to see a rainbow"--a reference to the dot-com bust and the dark days of the SARS virus scare as Taobao launched in mid-2003.
Although the Philippines has escaped the worst of the deadly Sars respiratory virus, with only 12 cases and two deaths, thousands of Filipinos work in some of the hardest hit locations such as Hong Kong and Singapore.
Bats may be the source of a new Sars-like virus which killed a man in Saudi Arabia, according to an analysis of the coronavirus' genome.
And the map-ping of the genome let scientists decode the genetic blueprint of new viruses like SARS, the virus that swept China in the spring, in a few days.
With no indication yet whether the new virus is like SARS, which spread from person to person, officials are tracking this new virus closely.
And although media reports usually mentions the new virus and SARS in the same breath it is worth pointing out that coronaviruses also produce infections like the common cold.
Both Indian shows were brought forward by a week as a result of the mystery virus, known as Sars, that has so far killed more than 80 people worldwide, mainly in Asia.
Coronaviruses are a family of viruses ranging from the common cold to the Sars (severe acute respiratory syndrome) virus.
Coronaviruses are a group of viruses ranging from the common cold to the Sars (severe acute respiratory syndrome) virus.
In 2003 an outbreak of Sars killed about 800 people after the virus spread to more than 30 countries around the world.
In 2002 an outbreak of Sars killed about 800 people after the virus spread to more than 30 countries around the world.
The biggest news for business continues to come from outside the business realm: first the war in Iraq, and now the outbreak of the so-called SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) virus.
Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses ranging from the common cold to the Sars (severe acute respiratory syndrome) virus, spread through droplets of body fluids produced by sneezing and coughing.
Christopher Gadd, of the HIV information service NAM, said the latest research had been carried out not on HIV, but on the virus that causes the respiratory condition Sars.
The new virus is a coronavirus with similar symptoms to SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome), which emerged in China in 2002 and killed around a 10th of the 8, 000 people it infected worldwide.
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SARS, researchers are homing in on two particular types of virus, coronaviruses and metapneumoviruses.
The authorities appear to have learned the lessons of previous deadly virus outbreaks such as the H5N1 avian flu and Sars (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome), and this time around have been quick to share information with the WHO.
This outbreak, on top of another death last month in Saudi Arabia from a previously unknown virus, a cousin of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), has set global health agencies on edge.
Having had close calls with both SARS and H5N1, the world is watching and waiting to see if this new virus possesses the combination of infectiousness and lethality that made those two diseases such a worry.
International health experts have commended China on its transparency in reporting the spread of the virus, in sharp contrast to its handling of a Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) outbreak in 2003, when 8, 096 people were infected worldwide and 744 died.
In marked contrast with their opaque handling of the SARS crisis 10 years ago, China authorities have produced a steady stream of information and updates on the virus since the first human cases were revealed on Sunday.
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