SARS-CoV antibody prevalence in all Hong Kong patient contacts.
Gabriel M Leung;
Pui-Hong Chung;
Thomas Tsang;
Wilina Lim;
Steve KK Chan;
Patsy Chau;
Christi A Donnelly;
Azra C Ghani;
Christophe Fraser;
Steven Riley;
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Neil M Ferguson;
Roy M Anderson;
Yuk-lung Law;
Tina Mok;
Tonny Ng;
Alex Fu;
Pak-Yin Leung;
JS Malik Peiris;
Tai-Hing Lam;
Anthony J Hedley;
(2004)
SARS-CoV antibody prevalence in all Hong Kong patient contacts.
Emerging infectious diseases, 10 (9).
pp. 1653-1656.
ISSN 1080-6040
DOI: 10.3201/eid1009.040155
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.
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