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As the debate about the true death rate for SARS continued, a new unidentified pneumonia has appeared in the jungles of Cambodia. An outbreak has been controlled but seven people have died. Doctors say they are baffled by it just like they were initially by SARS.

SARS first surfaced as a mystery illness in southern China last November, when it was called "atypical pneumonia."

The new illness has SARS-like symptoms including fever, coughing and breathing problems, but sufferers also have diarrhea and maintain normal white blood cell counts.

In Malaysia, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, who is a medical doctor, predicted more outbreaks of potentially deadly new diseases.

"In the future there will be more SARS (like) diseases due to mutation of bacteria and viruses. So we will have to face this kind of problem all the time," he said, the national Bernama news agency reported.