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Healthcare Worker Seroconversion in SARS Outbreak

2004; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Volume: 10; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3201/eid1002.030397

1080-6059

Pierce K. H. Chow, Eng Eong Ooi, Hiang Khoon Tan, Kong-Wee Ong, Bijon Kumar Sil, Melissa Ching Ching Teo, Timothy Ting-Leung Ng, Khee-Chee Soo,

Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology

Serum samples were obtained from healthcare workers 5 weeks after exposure to an outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). A sensitive dot blot enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, complemented by a specific neutralization test, shows that only persons in whom probable SARS was diagnosed had specific antibodies and suggests that subclinical SARS is not an important feature of the disease.