China is an important market for phone makers, but the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome has scared off potential shoppers.

The Greater Toronto Hotel Association said the charge was needed because the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome last spring had devastated the tourism industry.

But this year, with the terror alerts, the war, and now the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome, study abroad has become a far more jittery proposition.

The government blamed an outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome that began in mid-March and has hurt airlines, hotels, restaurants, travel agencies and stores.

In the spring of 2003, Toronto was reeling from North America's worst outbreak of sudden acute respiratory syndrome.

Tourism here has largely recovered since the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome in Asia last year.

Which Federal agency has suffered an official outbreak of "sick-building syndrome"?

Profit in the previous year's quarter was held down by the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome, which discouraged travel around the region.

A flier in the window confirms it is art, the first sally in an effort to stem any outbreak of empty-storefront syndrome.

He was referring to the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome, an infectious disease that had a negative effect on Asian markets last year.