Patent ID: 8361708

Claim:
A method for detecting the presence of a hSARS virus in a biological sample, said method comprising: (a) contacting the sample with a primer or probe that binds to a nucleic acid molecule comprising the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, 11, 13 or 15; or with an antibody, or antigen-binding fragment thereof, to a polypeptide encoded by the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, 11, 13 or 15; and (b) detecting whether said primer or probe, or antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof, binds to said nucleic acid molecule or polypeptide in the sample, wherein binding of said primer or probe to said nucleic acid molecule or binding of said antibody, or antigen-binding fragment thereof, to said polypeptide indicates the presence of said hSARS virus.