Index Patient and SARS Outbreak in Hong Kong

Wong, Raymond S.M.; Hui, David S.

Back to Previous Page

- Add this to...
- Twitter
- Facebook
- Google Bookmarks
- LinkedIn

Index Patient and SARS Outbreak in Hong Kong

Published Date:

Feb 2004

Source:

Emerg Infect Dis. 10(2):339-341.

[PDF - 95.31 KB]

Details:

Personal Authors:

Wong, Raymond S.M. ; Hui, David S. ;

Keywords:

[+]

Description:

During the global outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in 2003, treatment was empiric. We report the case history of the index patient in a hospital outbreak of SARS in Hong Kong. The patient recovered after conventional antimicrobial therapy. Further studies are needed to address treatment of SARS, which has high attack and death rates.

Document Type:

Journal Article

Collection(s):

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Supporting Files:

03-0645-F.gif	image/gif
03-0645-F.jpg	image/jpeg
03-0645.nxml	text/plain
license.txt	text/plain

No Related Documents.

You May Also Like:

SARS-CoV Antibody Prevalence in All Hong Kong Patient Contacts

Personal Author:

Leung, Gabriel M.; Chung, Pui-Hong; Tsang, Thomas; Lim, Wilina; Chan, Steve K.K.; Chau, Patsy; Donnelly, Christl A.; Ghani, Azra C.; Fraser, Christophe; Riley, Steven; Ferguson, Neil M.; Anderson, Roy M.; Law, Yuk-lung; Mok, Tina; Ng, Tonny; Fu, Alex; Leung, Pak-Yin; Peiris, J.S. Malik; Lam, Tai-Hing; Hedley, Anthony J.;

Published:

Sep 2004

Source:

Emerg Infect Dis. 10(9):1653-1656.

Description:

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 manif...

File Type:

[PDF - 139.46 KB]
Diagnostic Criteria during SARS Outbreak in Hong Kong

Personal Author:

Chan, Louis Y.; Lee, Nelson; Chan, Paul K.S.; Wu, Alan; Rainer, Timothy H.; Li, Philip K.T.; Fung, Hong; Sung, Joseph JY;

Published:

Jun 2004

Source:

Emerg Infect Dis. 10(6):1168-1170.

File Type:

[PDF - 38.34 KB]
SARS Transmission, Risk Factors, and Prevention in Hong Kong

Personal Author:

Lau, Joseph T.F.; Tsui, Hiyi; Lau, Mason; Yang, Xilin;

Published:

Apr 2004

Source:

Emerg Infect Dis. 10(4):587-592.

Description:

We analyzed information obtained from 1,192 patients with probable severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) reported in Hong Kong. Among them, 26.6% were hospital workers, 16.1% were members of the same household as SARS patients and had probable sec...

File Type:

[PDF - 67.62 KB]
SARS-related Perceptions in Hong Kong

Personal Author:

Lau, Joseph T.F.; Yang, Xilin; Pang, Ellie; Tsui, H.Y.; Wong, Eric; Wing, Yun Kwok;

Published:

Mar 2005

Source:

Emerg Infect Dis. 11(3):417-424.

Description:

To understand different aspects of community responses related to severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), 2 population-based, random telephone surveys were conducted in June 2003 and January 2004 in Hong Kong. More than 70% of respondents would avo...

File Type:

[PDF - 168.36 KB]
SARS-related Virus Predating SARS Outbreak, Hong Kong

Personal Author:

Zheng, Bo Jian; Guan, Yi; Wong, Ka Hing; Zhou, Jie; Wong, Kin Ling; Young, Betty Wan Y.; Lu, Li Wei; Lee, Shui Shan;

Published:

Feb 2004

Source:

Emerg Infect Dis. 10(2):176-178.

Description:

Using immunofluorescence and neutralization assays, we detected antibodies to human severe acute respiratory syndrome-associated coronavirus (SARS-CoV) and/or animal SARS-CoV-like virus in 17 (1.8%) of 938 adults recruited in 2001. This finding sugge...

File Type:

[PDF - 91.77 KB]