Proven SARS cure unlikely in near future
Emergency Management Alert, June 19, 2003
A cure for severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is unlikely soon, a World Health Organization (WHO) official said June 14 after delegates at a conference failed to agree on how to treat the deadly virus, the Associated Press reports.
WHO official Mark Salter said at the conference there are few candidates for clinical trials of SARS drugs. It is unlikely there will be enough patients to conduct valid tests by the time SARS winds down, he added. Antiviral drugs are also best tested at the early stages of the illness.
Delegates at the two-day conference did not agree on a universal SARS treatment plan because of the lack of scientific data, Salter noted. Hong Kong reported some success with a combination of the antiviral drug ribavirin and steroids, other countries have had less promising results from the drugs.
Worldwide, SARS has killed at least 794 people and infected more than 8,400.
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