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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:
Chang, Wei-Tien ; Kao, Chuan-Liang ; Chung, Ming-Yi ; Chen, Shyr-Chyr ; Lin, Shou-Ju ; ... More +
Chang, Wei-Tien ; Kao, Chuan-Liang ; Chung, Ming-Yi ; Chen, Shyr-Chyr ; Lin, Shou-Ju ; Chiang, Wen-Chu ; Chen, Shey-Ying ; Su, Chan-Ping ; Hsueh, Po-Ren ; Chen, Wen-Jone ; Chen, Pei-Jer ; Yang, Pan-Chyr Less -
Description:
Of 193 emergency department workers exposed to severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), 9 (4.7%) were infected. Pneumonia developed in six workers, and assays showed anti-SARS immunoglobulin (Ig) M and IgG. The other three workers were IgM-positive and had lower IgG titers; in two, mild illness developed, and one remained asymptomatic.
Subject:
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Adult
Antibodies, Viral
Disease Outbreaks
Dispatch
Emergency Department Workers
Emergency Service, Hospital
Female
Fluorescent Antibody Technique
Health Personnel
Humans
Immunoglobulin G
Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional
Male
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
RNA, Viral
SARS
SARS Virus
Serologic Responses
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
Taiwan

Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 10(6):1117-1119.
Document Type:
Journal Article
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
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