Patients with fever and/or respiratory symptoms as well as those with acute fever, even in the absence of chest X-ray abnormalities, should be tested for the virus to enable early diagnosis.
Wagonjwa walio na homa na/au dalili za pumu na homa kali, hata bila matatizo ya njia za kupumua wanapaswa kuchunguzwa kwa virusi katika uchunguzi wa mapema.