SARS-associated coronavirus transmitted from human to pig.(Dispatches) From: Emerging Infectious Diseases | Date: March 1, 2005| Author: Chen, Weijun; Ding, Boliang; Fang, Jianqiu; Feng, Xiaoli; He, Bo; Huang, Shengyong; Liu, Chenhui; Liu, Xiuli; Mu, Feng; Wang, Jian; Wang, Yingzhen; Wen, Jie; Xiang, Zhao; Yan, Minghua; Yang, Huanming; Yang, Ling; You, Bo; Yu, Jun; Zhang, Jiangguo; Zhu, Hui | COPYRIGHT 2005 U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Severe acute respiratory syndrome-associated coronavirus (SARS-CoV) was isolated from a pig during a survey for possible routes of viral transmission after a SARS epidemic. Sequence and epidemiology analyses suggested that the pig was infected by a SARS-CoV of human origin.

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Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) was first identified in Guangdong Province, China, in November 2002 (1). A novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV, was identified as the pathogen; s...