SARS virus may spread via sweat, food, touch: study

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SARS virus may spread via sweat, food, touch: study | Xinhua

SARS virus may spread via sweat, food, touch: study
www.chinaview.cn 2004-05-07 18:29:43

BEIJING, May 7 (Xinhuanet) -- A new study has found the SARS virus may spread by contaminated sewage, food, sweat or even a handshake, while the virus has been found in patient's sweat glands and intestine.

Scientists from Guangzhou's First Military Medical University in China had carried out this research on four people who had died of SARS.

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