Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jun 2004)

SARS Exposure and Emergency Department Workers

  • Wei-Tien Chang,
  • Chuan-Liang Kao,
  • Ming-Yi Chung,
  • Shyr-Chyr Chen,
  • Shou-Ju Lin,
  • Wen-Chu Chiang,
  • Shey-Ying Chen,
  • Chan-Ping Su,
  • Po-Ren Hsueh,
  • Wen-Jone Chen,
  • Pei-Jer Chen,
  • Pan-Chyr Yang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1006.030972
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 6
pp. 1117 – 1119

Abstract

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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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