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SARS case in Mumbai?

By Mahesh Vijapurkar

MUMBAI April 7. An American photographer, Rebecca Ralagh (23) from chicago, suspected to be a case of SARS — Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome — is now being treated in an isolation ward of a civic hospital here after she presented herself at a private hospital with symptoms typical of the new scourge stalking Asia.

The Maharashtra Health Minister, Digvijay Khanvilkar, told The Hindu tonight that Ms. Ralagh's travel record and symptoms pointed to the possibility of her being a SARS victim.

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