title: Prevalence of SARS-CoV antibody in all Hong Kong patient contacts.
abstract: The near absence of transmission (seroprevalence=0.19%) resulting in asymptomatic infection in this representative high-risk group of close contacts indicates that the prevailing SARS-CoV strains in Hong Kong almost always led to clinically apparent disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, 21 Sassoon Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, China. gmleung@hku.hk
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Leung
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Ho
authors.forename: T H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Lam
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Hedley
authors.forename: J S M
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Peiris
mesh_terms: D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood*; D016358:Contact Tracing; D003625:Data Collection; D005260:Female; D006723:Hong Kong / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012307:Risk Factors; D045473:Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus / Q000276:immunology*; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D045169:Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology* / Q000635:transmission
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D007074:Immunoglobulin G