中国南部地区常食用一种稀有动物———果子狸 ,作为药膳来抵抗风寒、感冒等冬季传染病。这种果子狸带有一种冠状病毒 ,中国大陆和香港科学家曾认为它可能是SARS的病源。但从数据表明人类SARS病毒基因序列与果子狸近似但存在基因缺失。从果子狸中发现的病毒于SARS病人身上发现 Southern China often eat a rare animal --- civet cats, as a medicinal meal to resist cold, flu and other winter infectious diseases. The civet has a coronavirus, and scientists in mainland China and Hong Kong thought it could be a source of SARS. However, the data show that the human SARS virus gene sequence similar to the civet but there is gene deletion. Viruses found in civets are found in SARS patients