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