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Published online 8 May 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news030505-4
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SARS hits hard
Death rates higher than expected, but control measures seem to be working.
Nearly half of the elderly people admitted to hospital with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) die from the disease, according to the most thorough analysis of the outbreak so far1.
This sounds bad, but it is comparable to death rates from influenza.
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