Identification of a Novel Coronavirus in Patients with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

Abstract

The novel coronavirus might have a role in causing SARS.

Keywords

VirologyVirusCoronavirusVero cellCoronaviridaeBiologySputumPolymerase chain reactionSeroconversionViral cultureNucleic acid sequenceMedicineGeneCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Genetics

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AdultAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsBase SequenceCattleCoronavirusDNAViralDisease OutbreaksFemaleHumansMaleMolecular Sequence DataPhylogenyPolymerase Chain ReactionRNAViralSevere acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirusSequence HomologyNucleic AcidSevere Acute Respiratory SyndromeSputum

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Year: 2003
Type: article
Volume: 348
Issue: 20
Pages: 1967-1976
Citations: 4734
Access: Closed

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                                    Christian Drosten, 
                                
                                    Stephan Günther, 
                                
                                    Wolfgang Preiser
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2003). 
                            Identification of a Novel Coronavirus in Patients with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome. 
                            New England Journal of Medicine
                            , 348
                            (20)
                            , 1967-1976.
                            https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa030747
                        

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DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa030747
PMID: 12690091

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