life has spawned challenges to develop fast and accurate analytical methods for its early
diagnosis and to create a safe antiviral vaccine for preventive use. Consequently, we
thoroughly investigated the immunoreactivities with patient sera of a series of synthesized
peptides from SARS-coronavirus structural proteins. Methods: We synthesized 41 peptides
ranging in size from 16 to 25 amino acid residues of relatively high hydrophilicity. The …