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Volume 26, Number 11—November 2020
Dispatch

SARS-CoV-2 Virus Culture and Subgenomic RNA for Respiratory Specimens from Patients with Mild Coronavirus Disease

Ranawaka A.P.M. Perera, Eugene Tso, Owen T.Y. Tsang, Dominic N.C. Tsang, Kitty Fung, Yonna W.Y. Leung, Alex W.H. Chin, Daniel K.W. Chu, Samuel M.S. Cheng, Leo L.M. Poon, Vivien W.M. Chuang, and Malik PeirisComments to Author 
Author affiliations: The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China (R.A.P.M. Perera, Y.W.Y. Leung, A.W.H. Chin, D.K.W. Chu, S.M.S. Cheng, L.L.M. Poon, M. Peiris); United Christian Hospital, Hong Kong (E. Tso, K. Fung); Centre for Health Protection, Hong Kong (D.N.C. Tsang); Hospital Authority of Hong Kong, Hong Kong (V.W. M. Chuang); Princess Margaret Hospital, Hong Kong (O.T.Y. Tsang)

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Table 2

Culture and sgRNA results stratified by specimen type for patients with mild coronavirus disease, Hong Kong*

Specimen Investigation Days after onset of illness, no. positive/no. tested
1–2 3–8 9–14 15–21 >21
NPA + TS
Culture 8/14 2/14 0/8 0/2 0/8
sgRNA
8/11
4/4
0/1
0/0
0/4
NPA
Culture 2/2
sgRNA

1/1



NPS + TS
Culture 0/2 0/2
sgRNA





NPS
Culture 1/1 1/1 0/1
sgRNA
1/1
1/1



Sputum
Culture 0/1 0/2 0/8
sgRNA

1/1
1/1
0/5

Saliva Culture 2/2
sgRNA 2/2

*Blank cells indicate that no specimens were collected at that time point. NPA, nasopharyngeal aspirate; NPS, nasopharyngeal swab; sgRNA, subgenomic viral RNA: TS, throat swab.

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