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SUBMITTER: Chan PK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3035556 | biostudies-literature | 2003 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chan Paul K S PK Ip Margaret M Ng K C KC Rickjason C W Chan CW Wu Alan A Lee Nelson N Rainer Timothy H TH Joynt Gavin M GM Sung Joseph J Y JJ Tam John S JS
Emerging infectious diseases 20031101 11
Whether severe acute respiratory syndrome-associated coronavirus (SARS-CoV) infection can be asymptomatic is unclear. We examined the seroprevalence of SARS-CoV among 674 healthcare workers from a hospital in which a SARS outbreak had occurred. A total of 353 (52%) experienced mild self-limiting illnesses, and 321 (48%) were asymptomatic throughout the course of these observations. None of these healthcare workers had antibody to SARS CoV, indicating that subclinical or mild infection attributab ...[more]