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Published online 19 December 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news031215-9
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SARS may be mammal-bird merger
Genetic shuffle might have allowed human infection.
The SARS virus looks like a dangerous mix of bird and mammal viruses, say researchers in Canada. The genetic merger may have fuelled its leap from animals into humans.
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