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Volume 10, Number 2, February 2004

Detection of SARS Coronavirus in Patients with Suspected SARS

Kwok H. Chan,* Leo L.L.M. Poon,† V.C.C. Cheng,* Yi Guan,† I.F.N. Hung,* James Kong,‡ Loretta Y.C. Yam,§ Wing H. Seto,* Kwok Y. Yuen,† and Joseph S. Malik Peiris†
*Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People’s Republic of China (SAR); †University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR; ‡Hospital Authority Head Office, Hong Kong SAR; and §Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, Hong Kong SAR

 
 
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Figure. Reverse transcriptase–polymerase chain reaction percent positive in nasopharyngeal aspirates, nose and throat swabs, and stool and urine specimens at different days after onset of illness in patients with serologically confirmed severe acute respiratory syndrome. NPA, nasopharyngeal aspirate; NS/TS, nasal and throat swabs.

 

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