SARS exposure and emergency department workers.
Of 193 emergency department workers exposed to severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), 9 (4.7%) were infected. Pneumonia developed in six workers, and assays showed anti-SARS immunoglobulin (Ig) M and IgG. The other three workers were IgM-positive and had lower IgG titers; in two, mild illness developed, and one remained asymptomatic.
Chang
Wei-Tien
WT
Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan. hsporen@ha.mc.ntu.edu
Kao
Chuan-Liang
CL
Chung
Ming-Ya
MY
Chen
Shyr-Chyr
SC
Lin
Shou-Ju
SJ
Chiang
Wen-Chu
WC
Chen
Shey-Ying
SY
Su
Chan-Ping
CP
Hsueh
Po-Ren
PR
Chen
Wen-Jone
WJ
Chen
Pei-Jer
PJ
Yang
Pan-Chyr
PC
D000328:Adult; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D005260:Female; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006282:Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood; D017758:Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional; D008297:Male; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D045473:Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus; D045169:Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission / Q000821:virology; D013624:Taiwan / Q000453:epidemiology
D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D012367:RNA, Viral