Initial SARS test results are negative Published July 18, 2003 DYESS AIR FORCE BASE, Texas (AFPN) -- Initial test results for all 12 people confined to their homes because of possible Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome are negative for the virus, according to officials here. But more tests are being conducted and definitive results may not be available for another two to three weeks.The airmen had been isolated after showing symptoms of a respiratory illness and either having recently transited the Toronto airport or having close contact with someone who had.All 12 are stable, improving or symptom and fever free, said officials, but must remain in their homes no matter what their condition until released by medical authorities.According to guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, patients must remain in isolation until 10 days after their last symptom has abated or until an alternate explanation for their illness can be found.“If the first person who came in was symptom-free by the next day, it would still be (July 19) before he could be released,” said Col. (Dr.) Schuyler Geller, 7th Medical Group commander. "As of yet, we have had no results from the viral cultures we took from the group."The possibility that these people did contract SARS is remote, said Geller.