- The virus of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)
can live for up to 15 days without the human body, Chinese scientists have
discovered.
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- According to Tuesday's China Daily, the Key Science and
Technology Group under the National Task Force for SARS Control and Prevention
revealed that the virus can exist in temperatures of 24 degrees Celsius
for five days in patients' saliva, mucus and excrement, 10 days in urine
and 15 days in blood.
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- It can live indoors for three days on paper, cotton cloth,
wood, metal, plastic and glass surfaces and in soil.
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- Experiments by the group indicate that the lifespan of
SARS reduces as temperatures rise. In normal conditions, the virus can
exist for four days if temperatures are less than 37 degrees Celsius, 90
minutes at under 56 degrees Celsius and 30 minutes at under 75 degrees
Celsius.
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- http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200306/03/eng20030603_117622.shtml
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