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Genetic variation of SARS coronavirus in Beijing Hospital.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 May 2004
Xu Dongping, Zhang Zheng, Chu Fuliang, Li Yonggang, Jin Lei, Zhang Lingxia, Gao George F, Wang Fu-Sheng
Abstract excerpt
To characterize genetic variation of severe acute respiratory syndrome-associated coronavirus (SARS-CoV) transmitted in the Beijing area during the epidemic outbreak of 2003, we sequenced 29 full-length S genes of SARS-CoV from 20 hospitalized SARS patients on our unit, the Beijing 302 Hospital. Viral RNA templates for the S-gene amplification were directly extracted from raw clinical samples, including plasma,...
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