학술논문
Low prevalence of subclinical severe acute respiratory syndrome-associated coronavirus infection among hospital healthcare workers in Hong Kong.
Document Type
Article
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Subject
*SARS disease
*COMMUNICABLE diseases
*CORONAVIRUS diseases
*RESPIRATORY infections
*NOSOCOMIAL infections
*MEDICAL personnel
*DISEASES
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ISSN
0036-5548
Abstract
We recruited 688 hospital healthcare workers who cared for patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and did not develop the disease in the Hong Kong outbreak in 2003. A questionnaire survey was conducted and serum samples were collected for SARS-associated coronavirus (SARS-CoV) antibody. The high-risk procedures performed and the types of unprotected exposures were recorded for analysis. Only 1 asymptomatic nurse had positive serological test. The result demonstrates the low rate of subclinical SARS-CoV infection in hospital healthcare workers and that the infection control practice against SARS in Hong Kong's hospitals during the outbreak was highly effective. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]