SARS-CoV antibody prevalence in all Hong Kong patient contacts

Emerg Infect Dis. 2004 Sep;10(9):1653-6. doi: 10.3201/eid1009.040155.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Antibodies, Viral / blood*
  • Child
  • Female
  • Hong Kong / epidemiology
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin G / blood
  • Male
  • Population Surveillance
  • Prevalence
  • Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / epidemiology*
  • Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus / immunology*

Substances

  • Antibodies, Viral
  • Immunoglobulin G