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Scientists meet to work on strategy to fight global viruses.
2004 NOV 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- More than 300 scientists from around the world shared information on tracking and curbing the cross-border spread of viruses as they met in India.
"Emerging infections have taken center stage, not only in public health management, but are intricately linked with the economic welfare of nations," said A.C. Mishra, director of the National Institute of Virology in Pune, 150 kilometers (90 miles) south of Bombay.
He noted how SARS had wrecked the tourism industry in many parts of the world last year, and added costs to health management systems.
The flu-like severe acute respiratory syndrome virus emerged in China, triggering an economic downturn in Southeast Asia with a severe drop in business travelers and tourists.
There were more than 8,000 probable SARS cases and 774 deaths, according to figures from the U.S. National Institutes of Health.
"However advanced a country may be, the challenges posed by diseases cannot be met individually," Mishra said.
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