SARS Exposure and Emergency Department Workers

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 dev...

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Autores principales: Chang, Wei-Tien, Kao, Chuan-Liang, Chung, Ming-Yi, Chen, Shyr-Chyr, Lin, Shou-Ju, Chiang, Wen-Chu, Chen, Shey-Ying, Su, Chan-Ping, Hsueh, Po-Ren, Chen, Wen-Jone, Chen, Pei-Jer, Yang, Pan-Chyr
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2004
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3323160/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15207066
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1006.030972
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Sumario: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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