Detection of SARS Coronavirus in Plasma by Real-Time RT-PCR [7]

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 349, Issue 25, 2003, Pages 2468-2469

  Grant, Paul R ^a   Garson, Jeremy A ^a   Tedder, Richard S ^a   Chan, Paul K S ^b   Tam, John S ^b   Sung, Joseph J Y ^b  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ACUTE DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONAVIRUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEVER; HUMAN; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SARS CORONAVIRUS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS LOAD;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; HUMANS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SARS VIRUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 0346750842     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM200312183492522     Document Type: Letter

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