Second SARS Case Suspected in China

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Investigators scoured a southern China apartment block Sunday, looking for clues to the possible cause of the infection of its resident, the season's only confirmed case of SARS. A new potential case emerged in the same region.

The new suspected infection involved a 35-year-old man in Guangdong province, said Dr. Thomas Tsang, a consultant attached to the Department of Health in Hong Kong, which abuts the province.

Tsang said Guangdong officials had informed him that the man has been isolated and hospitalized in stable condition.

The source of the man's possible infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome is still being investigated, Tsang said. The new suspected patient does not work in a job that involves handling wild animals

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