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cord-354394-zojhdnlu	Wang, Wei-Kung	Detection of SARS-associated Coronavirus in Throat Wash and Saliva in Early Diagnosis	2004-07-17		.txt	text/plain	3972	175	56	We examined oral specimens, including throat wash and saliva, and found large amounts of SARS-CoV RNA in both throat wash (9.58 x 10(2) to 5.93 x 10(6) copies/mL) and saliva (7.08 x 10(3) to 6.38 x 10(8) copies/mL) from all specimens of 17 consecutive probable SARS case-patients, supporting the possibility of transmission through oral droplets. This finding, with the high detection rate a median of 4 days after disease onset and before the development of lung lesions in four patients, suggests that throat wash and saliva should be included in sample collection guidelines for SARS diagnosis. Using a quantitative real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) assay and fractionation experiment, we investigated the load of SARS-CoV in these samples and different components of the throat wash. As shown in Table 1 , SARS-CoV RNA was detected in the cell-associated component of the throat wash from all 16 specimens examined.	./cache/cord-354394-zojhdnlu.txt	./txt/cord-354394-zojhdnlu.txt