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Published online 14 December 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news041213-3

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SARS vaccine trial spotlights continued peril

Vigilance remains but other infectious diseases loom large.

Two years ago, a lethal virus was brewing in rural China, one that was subsequently dubbed SARS, for severe acute respiratory syndrome. Now a new vaccine against the disease is being tested in humans - at a time when it is at risk of drifting off the public-health radar.

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