Risk-stratified seroprevalence of SARS coronavirus in children residing in a district with point-source outbreak compared to a low-risk area.
1. SARS coronavirus has low transmissibility at the community level. 2. Subclinical SARS coronavirus infection is rare in children.
Lee
P P W
PP
Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong.
Wong
W H S
WH
Leung
G M
GM
Chiu
S S
SS
Chan
K H
KH
Peiris
J S M
JS
Lam
T H
TH
Lau
Y L
YL
D000293:Adolescent; D017677:Age Distribution; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D018562:Disease Transmission, Infectious / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019353:Endemic Diseases / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006723:Hong Kong / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D011336:Probability; D011379:Prognosis; D012016:Reference Values; D012307:Risk Factors; D045473:Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D045169:Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D017678:Sex Distribution; D015996:Survival Rate