Retrospect Analysis on the Relationship of Monitoring on Part of Wild Animals with 2 SARS Epidemics in Guangxi Province

Objective this analysis was made to assay the relationship between the initiating SARS epidemic in Guangxi and the monitored results of SARs among part of wild animals and study the possible animal,S source of pathogens of SARS．Methods Epidemiological investigation was carried out on one initiating epidemic of SARS and one epidemic introduced．99 pharynx swabs，anus swabs and tissue samples of artificially breeding wild animals were tested for virus genes of SARS using fluorescent polymerase chain reaction (Real-time PCR)．The total antibody of SARS virus from blood samples of 117 wild animals caught in the wildness was determined by ELIsA．Results Before one month of onset.the home cat in the starting case was dead at first；the first case of introduction had definite contact history with such wild animals as snake and mouse etc．The positive rate of the total antibody of SARS corona virus from natural wild animals was 5.12％．22％ in the bird claSS and 20％ in the reptile class．Conclusion The initiating case of SARS iS related to animals and the SARS pathogen may stem from natural wild animals，of which snake，hawk，clam，turtle are the most possi-ble．Banning on hunting，trafficking and killing of wild animals，and controlling mouse media ale primary measures to prevent．Control and terminate SARS epidemic situation．