i wish the daily mail would have sourced this better; the link to the telegraph article isn't any better. i know these are sketchy sources.
but, i might have been on to something, eh?
it would explain the lack of transmission in a few of these south asian countries, if the 2003 sars outbreak was far more widespread there than previously realized.
and, as mentioned, it could be useful in skipping a few steps on developing a vaccine.