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Research Needs: Infectious Diseases Introduction Acute Cough Community acquired pneumonia Pulmonary Tuberculosis Acute Respiratory Tract Infection SARS Question for developing countries: SARS How to differentiate SARS or SARS-like epidemics from the seasonal outbreak of Respiratory Tract Infection? Can we have screening method (Either clinical or laboratory based) for early detection the SARS? What are the samples to collect and at what time, for the investigation of SARS-CoV? How to make the best use of the epidemiologic linkage to a cluster of pneumonia or unexplained respiratory distress in recognizing SARS or SARS-like epidemic? Can we have alternative to RT-PCR for the early detection of the SARS-CoV? Relevant literature on SARS