GUANGZHOU, China (AP) - World Health Organization investigators found "good evidence'' to suggest that animals play a role in SARS, uncovering traces of the virus in the restaurant where a patient worked and civet cats were served, the team's leader said Friday.
But Dr. Robert Breiman also said that SARS should not be considered an immediate public health threat in China - a reassurance pivotal in its timing, days before hundreds of millions of people begin traveling around the country for the Chinese New Year.
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