Rapid diagnosis of a coronavirus associated with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 953-955

  Poon, Leo L M ^a   Wong, On Kei ^a   Luk, Winsie ^a   Yuen, Kwok Yung ^a   Peiris, Joseph S M ^a   Guan, Yi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONAVIRUS; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; LUNG INFILTRATE; MALE; MONITORING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SARS CORONAVIRUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SARS VIRUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; VIROLOGY;

CORONAVIRUS; SARS CORONAVIRUS;

EID: 0038697628     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/49.6.953     Document Type: Article

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