Australian On Sars Frontline

An Australian has stepped into the shoes of the doctor who alerted the world to a deadly new pneumonia, and died from the illness at the weekend. Aileen Plant has taken over Dr Carlo Urbani's role of monitoring the Hanoi outbreak of the virulent Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) for the World Health Organisation (WHO).

Killer Respiratory Virus Still A Mystery To Experts As Death Toll Mounts

Just 20 days have passed since a man complaining of a high fever, dry cough and a mild sore throat checked into a Hanoi hospital.