SARS-CoV-2 detection in patients with influenza-like illness

  • Wen-hua Kong
  • , Yao Li
  • , Ming-wei Peng
  • , De-guang Kong
  • , Xiao-bing Yang
  • , Leyi Wang
  • , Man-qing Liu

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Abstract

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), was first reported in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China in late December 2019. We re-analysed 640 throat swabs collected from patients in Wuhan with influenza-like-illness from 6 October 2019 to 21 January 2020 and found that 9 of the 640 throat swabs were positive for SARS-CoV-2 RNA by quantitative PCR, suggesting community transmission of SARS-CoV2 in Wuhan in early January 2020.
Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)675-678
Number of pages4
JournalNature Microbiology
Volume5
Issue number5
Early online dateApr 7 2020
DOIs
StatePublished - May 1 2020

Keywords

  • Coronavirus
  • COVID-19
  • severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
  • Novel coronavirus
  • 2019-nCoV
  • Pandemic

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Microbiology
  • Immunology
  • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
  • Genetics
  • Microbiology (medical)
  • Cell Biology

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