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Has this putative virus been grown in culture and has the full genetic (nucleotide) sequence been compared with the SARS-coronavirus?

April 26, 2017culture genetic nucleotide putative sars-coronavirus sequence virus

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Has this putative virus been grown in culture and has the full genetic (nucleotide) sequence been compared with the SARS-coronavirus?

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No. To my knowledge, no coronavirus has yet been isolated in culture from these patients, and only ~ 2% of the genome of this virus has been identified by PCR. However, these key regions making up 2% of the viral genome appear consistent with the SARS-coronavirus.