It is especially disconcerting that the SARS virus appears to have mutated often in Taiwan. Many SARS victims have not shown the classic phenomenon of pulmonary infiltration in the early stages. Moreover, the transition period from spring to summer is when people suffer most from allergies and colds and germs are especially active, so it is no wonder one hears of so many misdiagnoses.
尤其醫界發現，SARS 病毒進入台灣後似乎千變萬化，許多患者在發病初期完全沒有典型的肺部浸潤現象；加上春夏季節交替時，本就是各種病症復發及病菌活躍的時候，無怪乎誤診事件頻傳。