According to National Health Insurance records, there are on average 20,000 cases of pneumonia in Taiwan every month. In order to prevent confusing these cases with SARS, an RT-PCR (reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction) test is now required to make certain that the patient's body does indeed contain the SARS virus.
根據健保記錄，台灣平均每個月有二萬名肺炎病例，為了避免將普通肺炎誤診為 SARS，因此還需有 RT-PCR（反轉錄聚合 + 鏈反應）的進一步檢驗，以確認患者檢體裡是否真的含有 SARS 病毒。