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- Title
SARS-CoV antibody prevalence in all Hong Kong patient contacts.
- Authors
Leung, Gabriel M.; Chung, Pui-Hong; Tsang, Thomas; Lim, Wilina; Chan, Steve K. K.; Chau, Patsy; Donnelly, Christl A.; Ghani, Azra C.; Fraser, Christophe; Riley, Steven; Ferguson, Neil M.; Anderson, Roy M.; Yuk-lung Law; Mok, Tina; Ng, Tonny; Fu, Alex; Pak-Yin Leung; Peiris, J. S. Malik; Tai-Hing Lam; Hedley, Anthony J.
- Abstract
A total of 1,068 asymptomatic close contacts of patients with severe acute respiratory (SARS) from the 2003 epidemic in Hong Kong were serologically tested, and 2 (0.19%) were positive for SARS coronavirus immunoglobulin G antibody. SARS rarely manifests as a subclinical infection, and at present, wild animal species are the only important natural reservoirs of the virus.
- Subjects
SARS disease; CORONAVIRUS diseases; EPIDEMICS; SEROLOGY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2004, Vol 10, Issue 9, p1653
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.3201/eid1009.040155