SARS Exposure and Emergency Department Workers

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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 ; Chiang, Wen-Chu ; Chen, Shey-Ying ; Su, Chan-Ping ; Hsueh, Po-Ren ; Chen, Wen-Jone ; Chen, Pei-Jer ; Yang, Pan-Chyr
• 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.
• Subjects:
  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

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 10(6):1117-1119.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  10
• Issue:
  6
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:d2eb605850a0c9cd6179f3918fac5c1b0c5aa348c60b9575965cdf46962c227b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/14540/cdc_14540_DS1.pdf
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