Marilyn J. Roossinck

  • Professor of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology, Penn State
Une femme regarde de nouvelles tenues anti-SRAS pour le personnel médical exposées, le 6 novembre 2003, à Shanghai, en Chine, au moment où le pays se préparait à une résurgence de la maladie, qui n’a jamais eu lieu. AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko

La mystérieuse disparition du premier virus SRAS, et pourquoi il nous faudra un vaccin pour nous débarrasser du deuxième

Le COVID-19 et le SRAS sont tous deux mortels - mais différents. Les symptômes du SRAS apparaissaient rapidement, ce qui l'a rendu plus facile à contenir. Le virus est donc mort.
Visitors look at new anti-SARS outfits for medical workers on display Thursday Nov. 6, 2003 in Shanghai, China, as the country braced for a resurgence. The disease never made a comeback. AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko

The mysterious disappearance of the first SARS virus, and why we need a vaccine for the current one but didn’t for the other

COVID-19 and SARS are both deadly – but different. SARS symptoms were quick to appear, making it easier to contain. Because health officials were able to contain it, the virus died off.

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