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. 2008 Jan 11;61(1):40–48. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2007.12.002

Table 2.

Reactions of clinically defined sera with HCoV nucleocapsids

Serum no. 229E-N NL63-N OC43-N HKU1-N SARS-N
HCoV-OC43a BCM-1A BCM-1B ++ ++ ++ ++ +++ +++
BCM-2A BCM-2B + + +++ ++
BCM-3A BCM-3B + + + +
BCM-4A BCM-4B + + + +++ +++
BCM-5A BCM-5B ++ +++ ++ +++ + +++ + +++
BCM-6A BCM-6B ++ ++ +++ ++ + ++ + ++
HCoV-229Eb BCM-7A BCM-7B ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ +
BCM-8A BCM-8B ++ ++ ++ ++ + + +
BCM-9A BCM-9B +++ ++ +++ + +
BCM-10A BCM-10B + + + + ++ +
BCM-11A BCM-11B ++ +++ ++ ++ +++ +++ ++ +++
BCM-12A BCM-12B + ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++
a

BCM-1 to BCM-6: serum samples of HCoV-OC43–infected patients.

b

BCM-7 to BCM-12: serum samples of HCoV-229E–infected patients; A: acute phase; B: convalescent phase; positive reactions are indicated with + (moderate), ++ (strong), and +++ (very strong); negative/no reactions are indicated with −.