"Because of the death of Dr. Carlo Urbani during the investigation of the initial SARS epidemic, the authors propose that the virus be named Urbani SARS-associated coronavirus. However, this proposal is unlikely to be sustained because the "Rules for Naming Viral Taxa" used by the International Committee on Virus Taxonomy state that: "No person's name shall be used when devising names for new taxa." Read this yesterday.
Harrumph! Somebody should have told Stephen King and Captain Tripps!