Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology (Jan 2006)
An Outbreak of Human Coronavirus OC43 Infection and Serological Cross-Reactivity with SARS Coronavirus
- David M Patrick,
- Martin Petric,
- Danuta M Skowronski,
- Roland Guasparini,
- Timothy F Booth,
- Mel Krajden,
- Patrick McGeer,
- Nathalie Bastien,
- Larry Gustafson,
- Janet Dubord,
- Diane MacDonald,
- Samara T David,
- Leila F Srour,
- Robert Parker,
- Anton Andonov,
- Judith Isaac-Renton,
- Nadine Loewen,
- Gail McNabb,
- Alan McNabb,
- Swee-Han Goh,
- Scott Henwick,
- Caroline Astell,
- Jian Ping Guo,
- Michael Drebot,
- Raymond Tellier,
- Francis Plummer,
- Robert C Brunham
Affiliations
- David M Patrick
- University of British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, Canada
- Martin Petric
- University of British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, Canada
- Danuta M Skowronski
- University of British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, Canada
- Roland Guasparini
- Fraser Health Authority, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Timothy F Booth
- Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba and Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Mel Krajden
- University of British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, Canada
- Patrick McGeer
- Kinsmen Laboratory of Neurological Research, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
- Nathalie Bastien
- Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba and Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Larry Gustafson
- Fraser Health Authority, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Janet Dubord
- Fraser Health Authority, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Diane MacDonald
- University of British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, Canada
- Samara T David
- Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba and Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Leila F Srour
- Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba and Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Robert Parker
- Fraser Health Authority, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Anton Andonov
- Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba and Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Judith Isaac-Renton
- University of British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, Canada
- Nadine Loewen
- Fraser Health Authority, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Gail McNabb
- University of British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, Canada
- Alan McNabb
- University of British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, Canada
- Swee-Han Goh
- University of British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, Canada
- Scott Henwick
- Surrey Memorial Hospital, Surrey, Canada
- Caroline Astell
- British Columbia Cancer Agency’s Genome Sciences Centre, British Columbia, Canada
- Jian Ping Guo
- Kinsmen Laboratory of Neurological Research, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
- Michael Drebot
- Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba and Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Raymond Tellier
- Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Francis Plummer
- Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba and Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Robert C Brunham
- University of British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, Canada
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1155/2006/152612
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 17,
no. 6
pp. 330 – 336
Abstract
BACKGROUND: In summer 2003, a respiratory outbreak was investigated in British Columbia, during which nucleic acid tests and serology unexpectedly indicated reactivity for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV).