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Table 2. Quantities of SARS-CoV in sputum and stool specimens from three confirmed SARS case-patients, as measured by quantitative RT-PCR, United States, 2003^a.

Case-patient identification no.	Specimen	Time of specimen collection after illness onset (no. of days)	Copies per gram of sample
5	Sputum	14	43,000,000
7	Stool	14	37,000,000
	Stool	18	1,600,000
	Stool	21	930,000
	Stool	26	2,300,000
6	Stool	19	45,000

^aSARS-CoV, severe acute respiratory syndrome–associated coronavirus; RT-PCR, reverse transcriptase–polymerase chain reaction.

Table 2. Quantities of SARS-CoV in sputum and stool specimens from three confirmed SARS case-patients, as measured by quantitative RT-PCR, United States, 2003a.