SARS-CoV antibody prevalence in all Hong Kong patient contacts.
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.
Leung
Gabriel M
GM
University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.
Chung
Pui-Hong
PH
Tsang
Thomas
T
Lim
Wilina
W
Chan
Steve K K
SK
Chau
Patsy
P
Donnelly
Christi A
CA
Ghani
Azra C
AC
Fraser
Christophe
C
Riley
Steven
S
Ferguson
Neil M
NM
Anderson
Roy M
RM
Law
Yuk-lung
YL
Mok
Tina
T
Ng
Tonny
T
Fu
Alex
A
Leung
Pak-Yin
PY
Peiris
J S Malik
JS
Lam
Tai-Hing
TH
Hedley
Anthony J
AJ
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006723:Hong Kong / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D011159:Population Surveillance; D015995:Prevalence; D045473:Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus / Q000276:immunology*; D045169:Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology*
D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D007074:Immunoglobulin G