title: Healthcare worker seroconversion in SARS outbreak.
abstract: Serum samples were obtained from healthcare workers 5 weeks after exposure to an outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). A sensitive dot blot enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, complemented by a specific neutralization test, shows that only persons in whom probable SARS was diagnosed had specific antibodies and suggests that subclinical SARS is not an important feature of the disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore. gsupc@singnet.com.sg
authors.forename: Pierce K H
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Chow
authors.forename: Eng-Eong
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Ooi
authors.forename: Hiang-Khoon
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: Kong-Wee
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Ong
authors.forename: Bijon Kumar
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Sil
authors.forename: Melissa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Teo
authors.forename: Timothy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ng
authors.forename: Khee-Chee
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Soo
mesh_terms: D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D006282:Health Personnel; D009500:Neutralization Tests; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology; D045473:Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus / Q000276:immunology; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D045169:Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology*; D012846:Singapore / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral