Hi C, Do you have any commentary on the potential for nebulized CS, or CS/MSM or CS/DMSO to neutralized this viron?
Do you know the phonetic pronunciation? Thanks, JOH -----Original Message----- From: C Creel [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 1:37 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: CS>[IP] SARS resources and comments Archive Number 20030318.0679 Published Date 18-MAR-2003 Subject PRO/EDR> Severe acute respiratory syndrome - worldwide (08) Killer virus identified SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME - WORLDWIDE (08) ************************************************** A ProMED-mail post <http://www.promedmail.org> ProMED-mail is a program of the International Society for Infectious Diseases <http://www.isid.org> Date: 18 Mar 2003 From: "Henry L Niman, PhD" <[email protected]> Source: Hong Kong Standard 19 Mar 2003 02:16 AM [edited] <http://www.thestandard.com.hk/thestandard/topstory.cfm> Killer virus identified ----------------------- A team from the Prince of Wales Hospital and Chinese University of Hong Kong have identified the virus that has caused the recent outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome worldwide, confirming that the current anti-viral treatment applied to patients has been the right choice. Identifying the virus as a member of the Paramyxoviridae family, Professor John Tam of the department of microbiology of the Chinese University said it was detected by electron microscopy. The finding, announced late last night, was further confirmed by a molecular technique that revealed the nucleic acid sequence of the virus. Asked if the virus was curable, Tam reiterated that the finding last night had indicated that the current treatment applied to patients suffering from the syndrome, more commonly known as atypical pneumonia, had been the right choice. But he added that they still needed to monitor individual patients' reactions before they could conclude that the virus was curable. Lo Wing-lok, Medical Association president and legislator, said the Paramyxoviridae family incorporated different viruses that could affect humans and, as such, further studies were needed to establish whether it was a new virus. Earlier it was revealed that at least 6 patients were responsible for spreading the pneumonia in Hong Kong. Health chief Yeoh Eng-kiong also said that a mainland professor who died in [Hong Kong] SAR on 4 Mar 2003 was a victim of the atypical pneumonia. The new information from officials indicated the disease had been more widespread in the SAR than originally believed. Yeoh said the pneumonia and suspected cases had now been isolated into 6 "clusters". Yeoh again stressed the government was not hiding anything. He insisted there was no sign of an outbreak at the community level. [byline: Matthew Lee and Georgina Lee] -- Henry L Niman, PhD Department of Bioengineering Shriners' Burn Center 51 Blossom Street, Room 422 Boston, MA 02114 USA <[email protected]> [This is the second identification of a paramyovirus-like organism from a patient with SARS (see ProMED-mail posting Severe acute respiratory syndrome - worldwide (06) 20030318.0677). The first identification was made by investigators in Frankfurt am Main and Hamburg from specimens taken from a physician from Singapore who had treated some of the earlier cases seen in Singapore and was admitted to hospital in Frankfurt, Germany en route back to Singapore over the weekend. As mentioned in our earlier posting, it is important to confirm these findings and to identify a similar agent from other cases of SARS before it can be concluded that this agent is the cause of SARS. That being said, this second identification of a paramxovirus-like organism from patients with SARS offers hope that the etiology of this outbreak may be identified soon. - Mod.MPP] [see also: Severe acute respiratory syndrome - worldwide (07) 20030318.0678 Severe acute respiratory syndrome - worldwide (06) 20030318.0677 Severe acute respiratory syndrome - Worldwide (05) 20030317.0669 Severe acute respiratory syndrome - Worldwide (04):comment 20030317.0664 Severe acute respiratory syndrome - Worldwide: alert (03) 20030316.0660 Severe acute respiratory syndrome - Worldwide (02):alert 20030315.0649 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome - Worldwide 20030315.0637 Acute respiratory syndrome - Canada (Ontario) 20030314.0631 Acute respiratory syndrome - East Asia 20030314.0630 Acute respiratory syndrome - China (HK), VietNam (03) 20030313.0624 Acute respiratory syndrome - China (HK), VietNam (02) 20030313.0623 Acute respiratory syndrome - China (HK), VietNam 20030312.0602 Undiagnosed illness - Vietnam (Hanoi): RFI 20030311.0595 Influenza, H5N1 human case - China (Hong Kong) (05) 20030228.0500 Pneumonia - China (Guangdong) (07) 20030221.0452 Pneumonia - China (Guangdong) (06) 20030220.0447 Pneumonia - China (Guangdong) (05) 20030220.0446 Pneumonia - China (Guangdong) (04) 20030219.0427 Pneumonia - China (Guangdong) (03) 20030214.0390 Pneumonia - China (Guangdong) (02) 20030211.0369 Pneumonia - China (Guangdong): RFI 20030210.0357] ........................mpp/sh -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. 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