SARS-CoV antibody prevalence in all Hong Kong patient contacts |
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| Authors: | Leung Gabriel M Chung Pui-Hong Tsang Thomas Lim Wilina Chan Steve K K Chau Patsy Donnelly Christi A Ghani Azra C Fraser Christophe Riley Steven Ferguson Neil M Anderson Roy M Law Yuk-lung Mok Tina Ng Tonny Fu Alex Leung Pak-Yin Peiris J S Malik Lam Tai-Hing Hedley Anthony J |
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| Affiliation: | *University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), China;;†Department of Health, Hong Kong SAR, China;;‡Imperial College, London, England |
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| 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. |
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| Keywords: | Seroprevalence SARS Hong Kong SARS-CoV dispatch |
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