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SARS-CoV Survey on Breeding Civet Cats in the Suburbs of Beijing |
Revised:April 01, 2005 |
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KeyWord:SARS-CoV,Civet cat,Blood-Borne Pathogens |
WEI Qiang,ZHANG Yang-qing,JIANG Hong,TU Xin-ming,TONG Wei,GAO Hong,QIN Chuan |
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Objective To investigate the possible infections of SARS-CoV in civet cat bred in the suburbs of Beijing. Methods Pharyngeal swab, anal swab and fur samples collected from 30 civet cats were examined using RT-PCR for SARS-CoV. The neutralized antibodies against SARS-CoV from sera from the civet cats were checked. Results All samples from the civet cats were SARS-CoV negative, and no neutralized antibodies were positive. Conclusion There was no evidence to conclude that the civet cats inbred in the suburbs of Beijing were host of SARS-CoV. |
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