SARS RNA (non-COVID-19)

Diagnostic Use

In February 2003, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported about 300 cases of a rapidly progressive respiratory illness in the Guangdong Province of China with five deaths. Over the next month, similar cases were reported from Hong Kong, Vietnam, Singapore, and Canada. By the end of the worldwide outbreak in July 2003, a total of 8096 cases were reported, with 774 deaths and a case-fatality rate of 9.6 percent.
A novel coronavirus was detected in specimens from a number of the patients with "severe acute respiratory syndrome" (SARS). This coronavirus was known as SARS coronavirus (SARS-CoV). Once another novel coronavirus emerged in 2019 and was designated SARS-CoV-2, SARS-CoV became known as SARS-CoV-1.

Department

Microbiology - Virology

Delphic Registration Code

SARS

Laboratory Handling

Laboratory

Testing must be discussed with and approved by a Microbiologist.

Test Adds

Add-ons can be made if an appropriate sample has already been received for other PCR testing. Please call Virology to discuss.

Synonyms

Coronavirus (SARS) PCR
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome RNA
SARS CoV-1

Turnaround Time

8 hours

Test Code

2187