The first cases of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002–2004_SARS_outbreak" id="mwASU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="2002–2004 SARS outbreak">2002–2004 SARS outbreak</a> are traced to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foshan" id="mwASY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Foshan">Foshan</a>, Guangdong Province, China.<sup about="#mwt52" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-9"}}' id="cite_ref-9" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./November_16#cite_note-9" id="mwASc" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 9;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwASg">[9]</span></a></sup>
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