Scientists Say Develop New SARS Tracing Method

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Scientists in Singapore said on Friday they had developed a faster method of detecting strains of the deadly SARS virus.

A new chip containing a "genetic fingerprint" reduces the length of molecular testing of the flu-like disease to three days from about one week, the Genome Institute of Singapore said.

词汇：

detect
vt.察觉, 发觉, 侦查, 探测
v.发现

strain
n.过度的疲劳, 紧张, 张力, 应变；血统, 家世, 族, 种,【生】(品)系, 菌株, 变种
vt.扭伤, 损伤
v.拉紧, 扯紧, (使)紧张, 尽力

virus
n.[微]病毒, 滤过性微生物, 毒害, 恶毒

chip
n.碎片, 筹码
v.削成碎片, 碎裂芯片

molecular
adj.[化]分子的, 由分子组成的