PENANG: Universiti Sains Malaysia plans to study the link between the civet cat and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS).
Molecular virologist Dr Yahya Mat Arip and zoologist Dr Shahrul Anuar Mohd Shah, both from the Biological Sciences School, will undertake the two-year research in August to isolate the coronavirus from the civet cat.
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