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Abstract
The severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) has recently been identified as a new
clinical entity. SARS is thought to be caused by an unknown infectious agent.
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Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, National Reference Center for Tropical
Infectious Diseases, Hamburg, Germany. drosten@bni-hamburg.de