Access
This article is part of Nature's premium content.
Published online 20 March 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news030317-8
News
Identity of mystery pneumonia bug sharpens
Questions raised over readiness for lethal SARS epidemic.
As laboratories worldwide home in on the virus responsible for the mysterious global outbreak of pneumonia, critics say that researchers could have been better prepared to anticipate the epidemic.
So far, 264 people worldwide are known to have been infected and 9 have been killed by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS).
To read this story in full you will need to login or make a payment (see right).
Comments
Reader comments are usually moderated after posting. If you find something offensive or inappropriate, you can speed this process by clicking 'Report this comment' (or, if that doesn't work for you, email redesign@nature.com). For more controversial topics, we reserve the right to moderate before comments are published.