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
;
+10 more...
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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