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To the Editor: The outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in Taiwan described by Hsieh (Aug. 14 issue)¹ grew rapidly from mid-April 2003. We note the chronologic relation between this rapid wave of infections and the visit of a resident of Amoy Gardens, Hong Kong, to Taiwan on March 26.² He rode the train with a female passenger who was linked to a series of local cases.

We recently sequenced the complete genome of the SARS coronavirus associated with the outbreak in Amoy Gardens.³ A comparison of the sequence with those of all other SARS-coronavirus genomes accessible at GenBank . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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N Engl J Med 2003; 349:711-712, Aug 14, 2003. Correspondence

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