SARS-associated Coronavirus Transmission, United States

SARS-associated Coronavirus Transmission, United States

To better assess the risk for transmission of the severe acute respiratory syndrome–associated coronavirus (SARS-CoV), we obtained serial specimens and clinical and exposure data from seven confirmed U.S. SARS patients and their 10 household contacts. SARS-CoV was detected in a day-14 sputum specime...

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Main Authors: Elmira T. Isakbaeva, Nino Khetsuriani, R. Suzanne Beard, Angela Peck, Dean D. Erdman, Stephan S. Monroe, Suxiang Tong, Thomas G. Ksiazek, Sara Lowther, Indra Pandya Smith, Larry J. Anderson, Jairam Lingappa, Marc-Alain Widdowson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2004-02-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)
outbreak
SARS-associated coronavirus
epidemiology
transmission
natural history
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/10/2/03-0734_article

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