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SARS-associated Coronavirus Transmission, United States

Published Date:

Feb 2004

Source:

Emerg Infect Dis. 10(2):225-231.

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Personal Authors:

Isakbaeva, Elmira T. ; Khetsuriani, Nino ; Beard, R. Suzanne ; Peck, Angela ; Erdman, Dean ; ... More ▼

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other members of the SARS Investigation Group

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Description:

To better assess the risk for transmission of the severe acute respiratory syndrome-associated coronavirus (SARS-CoV), we obtained serial specimens and clinical and exposure data from seven confirmed U.S. SARS patients and their 10 household contacts. SARS-CoV was detected in a day-14 sputum specimen from one case-patient and in five stool specimens from two case-patients. In one case-patient, SARS-CoV persisted in stool for at least 26 days after symptom onset. The highest amounts of virus were in the day-14 sputum sample and a day-14 stool sample. Residual respiratory symptoms were still present in recovered SARS case-patients 2 months after illness onset. Possible transmission of SARS-CoV occurred in one household contact, but this person had also traveled to a SARS-affected area. The data suggest that SARS-CoV is not always transmitted efficiently. Routine collection and testing of stool and sputum specimens of probable SARS case-patients may help the early detection of SARS-CoV infection.

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