Real-Time Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay for SARS-associated Coronavirus

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 311-316

  Emery, Shannon L ^a   Erdman, Dean D ^a   Bowen, Michael D ^a   Newton, Bruce R ^a   Winchell, Jonas M ^a   Meyer, Richard F ^a   Tong, Suxiang ^a   Cook, Byron T ^a   Holloway, Brian P ^a   McCaustland, Karen A ^a   Rota, Paul A ^a   Bankamp, Bettina ^a   Lowe, Luis E ^a   Ksiazek, Tom G ^a   Bellini, William J ^a   Anderson, Larry J ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

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ARTICLE; CORONAVIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SARS CORONAVIRUS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENOME;

EID: 10744232460     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1002.030759     Document Type: Article

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