ATLANTA — The U.S. doctor suspected of developing SARS symptoms while investigating the disease in Taiwan is in good condition in Atlanta, federal health officials said.

Dr. Chesley L. Richards Jr., an infection control expert with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has been placed in isolation, said CDC spokeswoman Rhonda Smith. Isolation has been used during the SARS epidemic to prevent the spread of the respiratory disease.

Richards arrived Friday evening from Taiwan by air ambulance and after health officials examined him at a local hospital, the Georgia Division of Public Health classified the doctor as the state's eighth suspected SARS case.

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