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ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Thursday listed the states where it has found 13 suspected U.S. cases of an atypical pneumonia dubbed severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS.

Three of the possible cases are in California, two in North Carolina, and the states of Hawaii, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Mexico, Tennessee, Virginia and Wisconsin are reporting one possible case each, the CDC said in a statement posted on its Web site.

Thursday afternoon, the New York City Department of Health said it was investigating two possible cases in that city. The CDC does not have those cases listed as of yet, which could make the number of possible cases rise to 15 in the United States.

A statement from the NYC Department of Health said both individuals had recently traveled to Southeast Asia, where there have been several suspected cases of SARS.

The 67-year-old man and 27-year-old woman are said to be in good condition. The man is hospitalized and isolated and the woman received treatment and has returned home, the statement said. The two individuals are not related.

The CDC announced Wednesday that it was investigating cases in the United States of people who might have contracted the relatively unknown, severe type of pneumonia that appears resistant to antibiotics and anti-viral agents, the common weapons against pneumonia.

So far, no cases of SARS have been confirmed in the United States. It apparently started China or Southeast Asia and has been spread by infected air travelers to Europe and Canada.