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Genomic sequencing of the severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus.
Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) - 1 Jan 2006
Chim Stephen S C, Chiu Rossa W K, Lo Y M Dennis
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The polymerase chain reaction (PCR), which can exponentially replicate a target DNA sequence, has formed the basis for the sensitive and direct examination of clinical samples for evidence of infection. During the epidemic of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in 2003, PCR not only offered a rapid way to diagnose SARS-coronavirus (SARS-CoV) infection, but also made the molecular analysis of its genomic...
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