SARS Exposure and Emergency Department Workers

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

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.

2004

SARS, serologic responses, emergency department workers, Taiwan

DOI: 10.3201/eid1006.030972

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Infectious and parasitic diseases, Medicine

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