Four in state may have flu-like mystery illness

Chicago Sun Times ^ | Mar 18, 2003 | Chicago Sun-Times staff

[Koblenz]

This was discussed early on in the outbreak, does it still apply: do any non-Asians have this disease (I mean ethnically, not by citizenship). I know that all the early outbreaks involved ethnic Asians, is this still the case (it would be hard to imagine a disease that only attacked one ethnic group, although doesn't sickle cell anemia predominate amongst those of African ancestry?). I haven't heard anything either way about this in some time.