Inside the Fight Against SARS | Hong Kong: Chasing the Virus (full documentary) | FRONTLINE/World

A video on YouTube. In Documentaries, a Krater category.

Summary by Krater

This documentary follows Dr. David Ho and researchers investigating the SARS outbreak in Hong Kong and testing protease inhibitor treatments in the lab.

From the video

Answers: How did SARS spread in Hong Kong and how did researchers try to treat it?

SARS coronavirus outbreak in Hong Kong
Virus transmission through plumbing and sewage
Protease inhibitor peptide treatments in lab
Public health response and quarantine measures

What it concludes

SARS transmission in Hong Kong was linked to leaky plumbing pipes spreading the virus through sewage.
Laboratory tests showed that 5 of the 12 synthesized peptides successfully protected cells from SARS virus infection.

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