September 24

The Singapore Ministry of Health releases the report of an investigation of the recent SARS case. The investigation concludes that the patient most likely acquired the infection in a laboratory as the result of accidental contamination. The patient was conducting research on the West Nile virus in a laboratory that was also conducting research using active SARS coronavirus (http://www.moh.gov.sg/sars/pdf/Report_SARS_Biosafety.pdf). The full report of the review panel is available at http://www.moh.gov.sg/sars/pdf/Report_SARS_Biosafety.pdf.