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03.019.0.01.014.00.000.009. SARS-Coronavirus LC4

Cite this publication as: Sara Mullins for ICTVdB Management (2005). 03.019.0.01.014.00.000.009. SARS-Coronavirus LC4. In: ICTVdB - The Universal Virus Database, version 3. Büchen-Osmond, C. (Ed), ICTVdB Management, Columbia University, New York, USA

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Table of Contents

Isolation Details

Isolate designation: LC4.
Isolation date: May; 2003.
Location: not specified.
Source of isolate: human.

The SARS Epidemiology Consortium of Guangdong; Guangdong; China. Email: gpzhao@sibs.ac.cn.

Reference: The Chinese SARS Molecular Epidemiology Consortium (2004). Molecular Evolution of the SARS Coronavirus During the Course of the SARS Epidemic in China. Science, 303(5664):1666-1669. PubMed ID to this reference is [14752165].

Classification

This is a description of a vertebrate virus at the isolate level.

ICTVdB Virus Code: 03.019.0.01.014.00.000.009. Virus accession number: SARSI056. Former accession number: 41E6F570. NCBI Taxonomy ID: [249086].

Name, Synonyms and Lineage

Synonym(s): CUHK-LC4. Virus is assigned to species 03.019.0.01.014. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus. Virus is assigned to the genus 03.019.0.01. Coronavirus , family 03.019. Coronaviridae , order 03. Nidovirales.

Nucleic Acid

The genome is not segmented and consists of a single molecule of linear, positive-sense, single-stranded RNA. The complete genome is 29350 nucleotides long. The RNA has been fully sequenced and complete sequence is 29350 nucleotides long; sequence can be accessed at GenBank with the accession number [AY395001]. The 3'-terminus has a poly (A) tract 24 nucleotides in length.

Biological Properties

Natural Host Range

Viral hosts belong to the Domain Eucarya.

Domain Eucarya Kingdom Animalia.

Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata.

Phylum Vertebrata Subphylum Vertebrata.

Class Mammalia.

Class Mammalia Order Primates;
Family Hominidae; virus infects Homo sapiens (human).

Host and isolation details Virus was isolated from an adult. Virus was isolated from nasal swab.

Comments

The patient from whom LC4 was taken is also the source of LC3 and LC5.

Contributor

Data have been submitted online to ICTVdB on 01-12-05 by
Sara Mullins
American Type Culture Collection
George Mason University
PW II, 10801 University Boulevard
Manassas, VA 20110
United States of America
Tel: + 703-365-2700.
Fax: + 703-365-2701.
Email: Sara Mullins.

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