SARS-CoV antibody prevalence in all Hong Kong patient contacts.
Leung, GM; Chung, P; Tsang, T; Lim, W; Chan, SK; Chau, P; Donnelly, CA; Ghani, AC; Fraser, C; Riley, S; +10 more...Ferguson, NM; Anderson, RM; Law, Y; Mok, T; Ng, T; Fu, A; Leung, P; Peiris, JM; Lam, T; Hedley, AJ and
(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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