New England Journal of Medicine, volume 348, issue 20, pages 1967-1976

Identification of a Novel Coronavirus in Patients with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

Christian Drosten 1
Herbert Schmitz 1
Wolfgang Preiser 1
Hans-Reinhard Brodt 1
Stephan Thomas Becker 1
Holger F. Rabenau 1
Marcus Panning 1
Larissa Kolesnikova 1
Ron AM Fouchier 1
Annemarie Berger 1
Ana-Maria Burguière 1
Jindrich Cinatl 1
Markus Eickmann 1
Nicolas Escriou 1
Klaus Grywna 1
Stefanie Kramme 1
Jean-Claude Manuguerra 1
Stefanie Müller 1
Volker Rickerts 1
Martin Stürmer 1
Simon Vieth 1
Hans-Dieter KLENK 1
Albert D.M.E. Osterhaus 1
Hans Wilhelm Doerr 1
Publication typeJournal Article
Publication date2003-05-15
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Quartile WOS
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Impact factor158.5
ISSN00284793, 15334406
General Medicine
Abstract
The severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) has recently been identified as a new clinical entity. SARS is thought to be caused by an unknown infectious agent.Clinical specimens from patients with SARS were searched for unknown viruses with the use of cell cultures and molecular techniques.A novel coronavirus was identified in patients with SARS. The virus was isolated in cell culture, and a sequence 300 nucleotides in length was obtained by a polymerase-chain-reaction (PCR)-based random-amplification procedure. Genetic characterization indicated that the virus is only distantly related to known coronaviruses (identical in 50 to 60 percent of the nucleotide sequence). On the basis of the obtained sequence, conventional and real-time PCR assays for specific and sensitive detection of the novel virus were established. Virus was detected in a variety of clinical specimens from patients with SARS but not in controls. High concentrations of viral RNA of up to 100 million molecules per milliliter were found in sputum. Viral RNA was also detected at extremely low concentrations in plasma during the acute phase and in feces during the late convalescent phase. Infected patients showed seroconversion on the Vero cells in which the virus was isolated.The novel coronavirus might have a role in causing SARS.

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Günther S. et al. Identification of a Novel Coronavirus in Patients with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome // New England Journal of Medicine. 2003. Vol. 348. No. 20. pp. 1967-1976.
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Schmitz H., Drosten C., Günther S., Preiser W., van der Werf S., Brodt H., Becker S. T., Rabenau H. F., Panning M., Kolesnikova L., Fouchier R. A., Berger A., Burguière A., Cinatl J., Eickmann M., Escriou N., Grywna K., Kramme S., Manuguerra J., Müller S., Rickerts V., Stürmer M., Vieth S., KLENK H., Osterhaus A. D., Doerr H. W. Identification of a Novel Coronavirus in Patients with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome // New England Journal of Medicine. 2003. Vol. 348. No. 20. pp. 1967-1976.
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TY - JOUR
DO - 10.1056/NEJMoa030747
UR - http://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa030747
TI - Identification of a Novel Coronavirus in Patients with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
T2 - New England Journal of Medicine
AU - Günther, Stephan
AU - Schmitz, Herbert
AU - Drosten, Christian
AU - Preiser, Wolfgang
AU - van der Werf, Sylvie
AU - Brodt, Hans-Reinhard
AU - Becker, Stephan Thomas
AU - Rabenau, Holger F.
AU - Panning, Marcus
AU - Kolesnikova, Larissa
AU - Fouchier, Ron AM
AU - Berger, Annemarie
AU - Burguière, Ana-Maria
AU - Cinatl, Jindrich
AU - Eickmann, Markus
AU - Escriou, Nicolas
AU - Grywna, Klaus
AU - Kramme, Stefanie
AU - Manuguerra, Jean-Claude
AU - Müller, Stefanie
AU - Rickerts, Volker
AU - Stürmer, Martin
AU - Vieth, Simon
AU - KLENK, Hans-Dieter
AU - Osterhaus, Albert D.M.E.
AU - Doerr, Hans Wilhelm
PY - 2003
DA - 2003/05/15 00:00:00
PB - NEJM Group
SP - 1967-1976
IS - 20
VL - 348
SN - 0028-4793
SN - 1533-4406
ER -
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@article{2003_Günther,
author = {Stephan Günther and Herbert Schmitz and Christian Drosten and Wolfgang Preiser and Sylvie van der Werf and Hans-Reinhard Brodt and Stephan Thomas Becker and Holger F. Rabenau and Marcus Panning and Larissa Kolesnikova and Ron AM Fouchier and Annemarie Berger and Ana-Maria Burguière and Jindrich Cinatl and Markus Eickmann and Nicolas Escriou and Klaus Grywna and Stefanie Kramme and Jean-Claude Manuguerra and Stefanie Müller and Volker Rickerts and Martin Stürmer and Simon Vieth and Hans-Dieter KLENK and Albert D.M.E. Osterhaus and Hans Wilhelm Doerr},
title = {Identification of a Novel Coronavirus in Patients with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome},
journal = {New England Journal of Medicine},
year = {2003},
volume = {348},
publisher = {NEJM Group},
month = {may},
url = {http://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa030747},
number = {20},
pages = {1967--1976},
doi = {10.1056/NEJMoa030747}
}
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Günther, Stephan, et al. “Identification of a Novel Coronavirus in Patients with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome.” New England Journal of Medicine, vol. 348, no. 20, May. 2003, pp. 1967-1976. http://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa030747.
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