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

SARS-CoV antibody prevalence in all Hong Kong patient contacts

Gabriel M Leung  1 , Pui-Hong Chung, Thomas Tsang, Wilina Lim, Steve K K Chan, Patsy Chau, Christi A Donnelly, Azra C Ghani, Christophe Fraser, Steven Riley, Neil M Ferguson, Roy M Anderson, Yuk-lung Law, Tina Mok, Tonny Ng, Alex Fu, Pak-Yin Leung, J S Malik Peiris, Tai-Hing Lam, Anthony J Hedley
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SARS-CoV antibody prevalence in all Hong Kong patient contacts

Gabriel M Leung et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2004 Sep.

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  • Emerg Infect Dis. 2004 Oct;10(10):1890

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.

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