Identification of a novel coronavirus in patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 348, Issue 20, 2003, Pages 1967-1976

  Drosten, Christian ^a   Günther, Stephan ^a   Preiser, Wolfgang ^b   Van der Werf, Sylvie ^d   Brodt, Hans Reinhard ^b   Becker, Stephan ^c   Rabenau, Holger ^b   Panning, Marcus ^a   Kolesnikova, Larissa ^c   Fouchier, Ron A M ^e   Berger, Annemarie ^b   Burguière, Ana Maria ^d   Cinatl, Jindrich ^b   Eickmann, Markus ^c   Escriou, Nicolas ^d   Grywna, Klaus ^a   Kramme, Stefanie ^a   Manuguerra, Jean Claude ^d   Müller, Stefanie ^a   Rickerts, Volker ^b   Stürmer, Martin ^b   Vieth, Simon ^a   Klenk, Hans Dieter ^c   Osterhaus, Albert D M E ^e   Schmitz, Herbert ^a   Doerr, Hans Wilhelm ^b   more..

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^e ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA EXTRACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEROCONVERSION; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; VERO CELL; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; CORONAVIRUS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SARS VIRUS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SPUTUM;

EID: 0038523806     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa030747     Document Type: Article

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