TY  - JOUR
TI  - SARS-CoV-2 isolation and propagation from Turkish COVID-19 patients
AB  - The novel coronavirus pneumonia, which was named later as coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), is caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, namely SARS-CoV-2. It is a positive-strand RNA virus that is the seventh coronavirus known to infect humans. The COVID-19 outbreak presents enormous challenges for global health behind the pandemic outbreak. The first diagnosed patient in Turkey has been reported by the Republic of Turkey Ministry of Health on March 11, 2020. In May, over 150,000 cases in Turkey, and 5.5 million cases around the world have been declared. Due to the urgent need for a vaccine and antiviral drug, isolation of the virus is crucial. Here, we report 1 of the first isolation and characterization studies of SARS-CoV-2 from nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal specimens of diagnosed patients in Turkey. This study provides an isolation and replication methodology,and cell culture tropism of the virus that will be available to the research communities.
AU  - Yalçın, Koray
AU  - Tastan, Cihan
AU  - Abanuz, Selen
AU  - Sır, Gözde
AU  - DİLEK KANÇAĞI, Derya
AU  - yıldırım, mülazim
AU  - Kuzay, Recai
AU  - Arbak, Serap
AU  - Acikel Elmas, Merve
AU  - Elibol, Omer
AU  - Demir, Sevda
AU  - yurtsever, bulut
AU  - Kocagöz, Sesin
AU  - Ovalı, Ercüment
AU  - Birdoğan, Selçuk
AU  - Sezerman, Osman Ugur
AU  - Seyis, Utku
DO  - 10.3906/biy-2004-113
PY  - 2020
JO  - Turkish Journal of Biology
VL  - 44
IS  - 3
SN  - 1300-0152
SP  - 192
EP  - 202
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/532069
ER  -