Volume 10, Number 6, June 2004

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,* and Pan-Chyr Yang*
*National Taiwan University Hospital and College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

Figure. Changes over time in levels of antibodies against severe acute respiratory syndrome–associated coronavirus (SARS-CoV) in patients with laboratory-confirmed SARS. A denotes the changes in immunoglobulin (Ig) G, IgM, and IgA titers for a representative patient with severe SARS. B denotes the changes in IgG for two patients with mild SARS and one asymptomatic worker with SARS-CoV infection. The date of illness onset for patient C was assumed to be May 12, 2003 (the mean date of eight other SARS patients during the outbreak).

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