SARS exposure and emergency department workers
Journal
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Journal Volume
10
Journal Issue
6
Pages
1117-1119
Date Issued
2004
Author(s)
Chung M.-Y.
Lin S.-J.
Su C.-P.
Abstract
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.
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Other Subjects
immunoglobulin G; immunoglobulin M; adult; article; clinical article; coughing; diarrhea; disease severity; emergency ward; female; fever; headache; human; immunoglobulin production; infection risk; male; nucleotide sequence; pneumonia; rhinorrhea; severe acute respiratory syndrome; sore throat; symptomatology
Publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Type
journal article