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Volume 10, Number 5—May 2004
Research

Laboratory Diagnosis of SARS

Paul K.S. Chan*Comments to Author , Wing-Kin To†, King-Cheung Ng*, Rebecca K. Y. Lam*, Tak-Keung Ng†, Rickjason C. W. Chan*Comments to Author , Alan Wu*, Wai-Cho Yu†, Nelson Lee*, David S. C. Hui*, Sik-To Lai†, Ellis K. L. Hon*, Chi-Kong Li*, Joseph J. Y. Sung*, and John S. Tam*
Author affiliations: *The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR, China; †Princess Margaret Hospital, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China

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Table 1

Specimens tested after onset of illness

Collection time (wk) Specimen type
Stool/rectal swab
 Respiratory
 Urine
RT-PCRa Virus isolation RT-PCR Virus isolation RT-PCR Virus isolation
1
 32
 38
 243
 280
 75
 110
2
 35
 40
 134
 153
 82
 86
3
 44
 84
 57
 62
 33
 41
4
 43
 92
 37
 36
 21
 35
5
 96
 113
 41
 57
 29
 64
6
 110
 123
 30
 50
 26
 72
7
 80
 84
 18
 30
 9
 38
8
 54
 55
 14
 22
 10
 33
9
 49
 52
 16
 27
 6
 26
10
 34
 35
 16
 12
 9
 10
11
 44
 44
 10
 5
 9
 11
12
 21
 21
 4
 2
 2
 3
13
 16
 16
 2
 1
 2
 1
14
 7
 7
 2
 1
 1
 1
15
 5
 5
 0
 0
 0
 0
16 1 1 0 0 0 0

aRT-PCR, reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction.

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