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Volume 26, Number 11—November 2020

Dispatch

SARS-CoV-2 Virus Culture and Subgenomic RNA for Respiratory Specimens from Patients with Mild Coronavirus Disease

Ranawaka A.P.M. Perera, Eugene Tso, Owen T.Y. Tsang, Dominic N.C. Tsang, Kitty Fung, Yonna W.Y. Leung, Alex W.H. Chin, Daniel K.W. Chu, Samuel M.S. Cheng, Leo L.M. Poon, Vivien W.M. Chuang, and Malik PeirisComments to Author 
Author affiliations: The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China (R.A.P.M. Perera, Y.W.Y. Leung, A.W.H. Chin, D.K.W. Chu, S.M.S. Cheng, L.L.M. Poon, M. Peiris); United Christian Hospital, Hong Kong (E. Tso, K. Fung); Centre for Health Protection, Hong Kong (D.N.C. Tsang); Hospital Authority of Hong Kong, Hong Kong (V.W. M. Chuang); Princess Margaret Hospital, Hong Kong (O.T.Y. Tsang)

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Figure 1

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 RNA load, virus culture, and days after onset of illness in respiratory specimens and duration of illness for patients with mild coronavirus disease, Hong Kong. ¡ indicates samples positive by virus culture and × indicates samples negative by virus culture. Red indicates 2 critically ill patients and 1 patient who died; black indicates mild, moderate, or asymptomatic infections. The limit of detection of the viral N gene RNA was 1 log10 copies/mL; undetectable virus load is indicated as the limit of detection. N, nucleoprotein.

Figure 1. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 RNA load, virus culture, and days after onset of illness in respiratory specimens and duration of illness for patients with mild coronavirus disease, Hong Kong. ¡ indicates samples positive by virus culture and × indicates samples negative by virus culture. Red indicates 2 critically ill patients and 1 patient who died; black indicates mild, moderate, or asymptomatic infections. The limit of detection of the viral N gene RNA was 1 log10 copies/mL; undetectable virus load is indicated as the limit of detection. N, nucleoprotein.

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