[Mb-civic] BBC E-mail: Bats the 'likely source' of Sars

Hecate hecate at diamonddragon.com
Thu Sep 29 11:53:36 PDT 2005


Hecate saw this story on BBC News Online and thought you
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"In the east Asian region, we need to face up to high-risk behaviours," he said, "and in this situation, bringing these species into live markets, butchering and eating them and using them in medicines, is a high-risk behaviour." 



** Bats the 'likely source' of Sars **
A new study finds a virus very like Sars in Chinese bats, indicating they were the likely source of the 2002 outbreak.
< http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/2/hi/science/nature/4291386.stm >


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