The large 386-nt deletion in SARS-associated coronavirus: Evidence for quasispecies?

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 194, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 808-813

  Tang, Julian W ^a   Cheung, Jo L K ^a   Chu, Ida M T ^a   Sung, Joseph J Y ^a   Peiris, Malik ^b   Chan, Paul K S ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOTIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARS CORONAVIRUS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SPECIES; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS ISOLATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BASE SEQUENCE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GENE ORDER; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SARS VIRUS; SEQUENCE DELETION; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33748429574     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/507044     Document Type: Article

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