title: Detection of SARS coronavirus in humans and animals by conventional and quantitative (real time) reverse transcription polymerase chain reactions.
abstract: Severe acute respiratory syndrome is a novel human disease caused by a coronavirus of animal origin. Soon after the discovery SARS-CoV, several molecular assays were described for the detection of this virus. Of these, conventional and quantitative RT-PCR approaches were the primary tools for SARS-CoV RNA detection. In this chapter we describe a two-step conventional RT-PCR and a one-step quantitative RT-PCR that were used routinely in our laboratories during the SARS outbreak.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, Pokfulam, SAR.
authors.forename: J S Malik
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Peiris
authors.forename: Leo L M
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Poon
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods*; D045473:Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D045169:Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000821:virology
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral