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Article: New severe acute respiratory syndrome research reported from Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology.(Report)
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- Biotech Week
- Article date:
- November 4, 2009
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Research findings, 'No evidence of over-reporting of SARS in mainland China,' are discussed in a new report. According to a study from Beijing, People's Republic of China, "To find out whether there was over-reporting of SARS patients in mainland China in view of the relatively low case fatality ratio in mainland China, in comparison with other affected countries and areas. We searched PubMed for all SARS antibody detection papers (in English or Chinese language) using the keywords 'SARS' and 'antibody'."
"Then the resulting articles were further read through to select the SARS detection results using ELISA methods of serum samples collected at least 1 month ...