Volume 26, Number 11—November 2020
Dispatch
SARS-CoV-2 Virus Culture and Subgenomic RNA for Respiratory Specimens from Patients with Mild Coronavirus Disease
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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.