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Scand. J. Infect. Dis. · Jan 2005
Low prevalence of subclinical severe acute respiratory syndrome-associated coronavirus infection among hospital healthcare workers in Hong Kong.
- Thomas Sik To Lai, Tak Keung Ng, Wing Hong Seto, Loretta Yam, Kin Ip Law, and Jane Chan.
- Department of Medicine, Princess Margaret Hospital, Lai Chi Kok, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China. laist@ha.org.hk
- Scand. J. Infect. Dis. 2005 Jan 1; 37 (6-7): 500-3.
AbstractWe 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.
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