https://www.isegoria.net/2003/10/gene-mutation-may-explain-sars-epidemic/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Thu, 17 Sep 2026 03:09:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 https://www.isegoria.net/2003/10/gene-mutation-may-explain-sars-epidemic/comment-page-1/#comment-19267 Steven Fowkes Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:16:56 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/2003/10/gene-mutation-may-explain-sars-epidemic/#comment-19267 There is another viable theory involving selenium deficiency. China has one of the most highly populated selenium-deficient regions in the world. Selenium deficiencies promote virulence in viral and bacterial pathogens, and viral susceptibility in humans and animals. SARS was not the only viral disease to “rage” in Asia and attenuate after coming to the US. It might be interesting to examine whether the attenuation is different 1) on the two island of New Zealand, only one of which is severely selenium deficient, and 2) between South Dakota (the selenium capital of the US) and the Pacific Northwest (whose basalt is selenium deficient).

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