Volume 11, Number 12—December 2005
Research
SARS-CoV Infection in a Restaurant from Palm Civet
Ming Wang*1, Meiying Yan†‡1, Huifang Xu*1, Weili Liang†‡1, Biao Kan†‡1, Bojian Zheng§1, Honglin Chen§1, Han Zheng†‡, Yanmei Xu†‡, Enmin Zhang†‡, Hongxia Wang†‡, Jingrong Ye†‡, Guichang Li†, Machao Li†, Zhigang Cui†‡, Yu-Fei Liu*, Rong-Tong Guo*, Xiao-Ning Liu*, Liu-Hua Zhan*, Duan-Hua Zhou*, Ailan Zhao†‡, Rong Hai†‡, Dongzhen Yu†‡, Yi Guan§, and Jianguo Xu†‡
Table 1
Detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome–associated coronavirus genes in palm civets*
| Palm civet | Nucleocapsid and polyprotein genes |
Sequences detected (GenBank accession nos.) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Throat swab specimen | Rectal swab specimen | ||
| 007 | + | + | Complete genome (AY572034) |
| 010 | + | + | Complete genome (AY572035) |
| 014 | + | + | Spike gene (AY572036) |
| 018 | + | + | ND |
| 019 | + | + | Spike gene (AY572037) |
| 020 | + | + | Complete genome (AY572038) |
*Nucleocapsid and polyprotein genes were detected by nested reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction. Spike gene sequences were determined from rectal swab isolates.+, positive; ND, not detected.
1These authors contributed equally to this article.
