Prevalence of SARS-CoV antibody in all Hong Kong patient contacts

G M Leung; L M Ho; T H Lam; A J Hedley; J S M Peiris

Prevalence of SARS-CoV antibody in all Hong Kong patient contacts

Hong Kong Med J. 2009 Dec:15 Suppl 9:27-9.

Authors

G M Leung¹, L M Ho, T H Lam, A J Hedley, J S M Peiris

Affiliation

¹ Department of Community Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, 21 Sassoon Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, China. gmleung@hku.hk

PMID: 20393222

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.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Antibodies, Viral / blood*
Contact Tracing
Data Collection
Female
Hong Kong / epidemiology
Humans
Immunoglobulin G / blood
Male
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
Risk Factors
Seroepidemiologic Studies
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / epidemiology
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / immunology*
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / transmission
Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus / immunology*

Substances

Antibodies, Viral
Immunoglobulin G