title: Diagnosis of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) by detection of SARS coronavirus nucleocapsid antibodies in an antigen-capturing enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.
abstract: Recombinant severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) coronavirus nucleocapsid protein was employed to establish an antigen-capturing enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Antinucleocapsid protein antibodies could be detected in 68.4% of probable SARS patients 6 to 10 days after illness and in 89.6% of the patients 11 to 61 days after illness. No false-positive results were observed in 20 non-SARS fever patients, 24 non-SARS respiratory illness patients, and 20 health care workers. Among 940 other non-SARS clinical serum samples, only 1 was found to be weakly positive. This method provides a new, sensitive, and specific approach for SARS diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Beijing Institute of Biotechnology, Beijing 100850, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Yuling
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Yanping
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yi
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Tieji
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kuang
authors.forename: Linhai
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Mei
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: Qingjun
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Cheng
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cao
mesh_terms: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D001483:Base Sequence; D017931:DNA Primers; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D019251:Nucleocapsid / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D045473:Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D045169:Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis*
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D017931:DNA Primers