Scientists in Canada announced over the weekend that they had broken the genetic code of the virus suspected of causing severe acute respiratory syndrome.

本周末加拿大科学家宣布，他们已破译了被怀疑导致严重呼吸系统综合症的病毒的基因密码。

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In 2003 the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome came from wild bats in China, where it was caught by a human and spread all the way to Canada.

2003年在中国爆发的严重的急性呼吸系统综合症(SARS)就是源自中国的一只野蝙蝠。一个人手触了蝙蝠把疾病传到了加拿大。

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Some of the countries with well-developed plans, such as Canada and Australia, were in the front line of the effort to stop the spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome from Asia in 2003.

ECONOMIST: Avian influenza