supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.30730022);the National Basic Research Program(973 Program)(Grant No.2006CB806503);the National Programs for High Technology Research and Development Program(863 Program)(Grant Nos.2006AA02A322 and 2006AA020502);the National Major Project(Grant No.2009ZX10004-304);the Chinese Academy of Sciences Grant KSCX2-YW-R-05 to Z.R.
Coronaviruses are the causative agent of respiratory and enteric diseases in animals and humans.One example is SARS,which caused a worldwide health threat in 2003.In coronaviruses,the structural protein N(nucleocapsid...
This work was supported by the National High-Technology Research and Development Program of China (863 Program) 2003AA208402.
Objective The causal agent for SARS is considered as a novel coronavirus that has never been described both in human and animals previously. The stability of SARS coronavirus in human specimens and in environments was...