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Article: Coronavirus as a possible cause of severe acute respiratory syndrome

TitleCoronavirus as a possible cause of severe acute respiratory syndrome
Authors
Issue Date2003
PublisherThe Lancet Publishing Group. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/lancet
Citation
Lancet, 2003, v. 361 n. 9366, p. 1319-1325 How to Cite?
AbstractBackground: An outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) has been reported in Hong Kong. We investigated the viral cause and clinical presentation among 50 patients. Methods: We analysed case notes and microbiological findings for 50 patients with SARS, representing more than five separate epidemiologically linked transmission clusters. We defined the clinical presentation and risk factors associated with severe disease and investigated the causal agents by chest radiography and laboratory testing of nasopharyngeal aspirates and sera samples. We compared the laboratory findings with those submitted for microbiological investigation of other diseases from patients whose identity was masked. Findings: Patients' age ranged from 23 to 74 years. Fever, chills, myalgia, and cough were the most frequent complaints. When compared with chest radiographic changes, respiratory symptoms and auscultatory findings were disproportionally mild. Patients who were household contacts of other infected people and had older age, lymphopenia, and liver dysfunction were associated with severe disease. A virus belonging to the family Coronaviridae was isolated from two patients. By use of serological and reverse-transcriptase PCR specific for this virus, 45 of 50 patients with SARS, but no controls, had evidence of infection with this virus. Interpretation: A coronavirus was isolated from patients with SARS that might be the primary agent associated with this disease. Serological and molecular tests specific for the virus permitted a definitive laboratory diagnosis to be made and allowed further investigation to define whether other cofactors play a part in disease progression.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/79011
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2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 12.113
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dc.contributor.authorPeiris, JSMen_HK
dc.contributor.authorLai, STen_HK
dc.contributor.authorPoon, LLMen_HK
dc.contributor.authorGuan, Yen_HK
dc.contributor.authorYam, LYCen_HK
dc.contributor.authorLim, Wen_HK
dc.contributor.authorNicholls, Jen_HK
dc.contributor.authorYee, WKSen_HK
dc.contributor.authorYan, WWen_HK
dc.contributor.authorCheung, MTen_HK
dc.contributor.authorCheng, VCCen_HK
dc.contributor.authorChan, KHen_HK
dc.contributor.authorTsang, DNCen_HK
dc.contributor.authorYung, RWHen_HK
dc.contributor.authorNg, TKen_HK
dc.contributor.authorYuen, KYen_HK
dc.date.accessioned2010-09-06T07:49:31Z-
dc.date.available2010-09-06T07:49:31Z-
dc.date.issued2003en_HK
dc.identifier.citationLancet, 2003, v. 361 n. 9366, p. 1319-1325en_HK
dc.identifier.issn0140-6736en_HK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/79011-
dc.description.abstractBackground: An outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) has been reported in Hong Kong. We investigated the viral cause and clinical presentation among 50 patients. Methods: We analysed case notes and microbiological findings for 50 patients with SARS, representing more than five separate epidemiologically linked transmission clusters. We defined the clinical presentation and risk factors associated with severe disease and investigated the causal agents by chest radiography and laboratory testing of nasopharyngeal aspirates and sera samples. We compared the laboratory findings with those submitted for microbiological investigation of other diseases from patients whose identity was masked. Findings: Patients' age ranged from 23 to 74 years. Fever, chills, myalgia, and cough were the most frequent complaints. When compared with chest radiographic changes, respiratory symptoms and auscultatory findings were disproportionally mild. Patients who were household contacts of other infected people and had older age, lymphopenia, and liver dysfunction were associated with severe disease. A virus belonging to the family Coronaviridae was isolated from two patients. By use of serological and reverse-transcriptase PCR specific for this virus, 45 of 50 patients with SARS, but no controls, had evidence of infection with this virus. Interpretation: A coronavirus was isolated from patients with SARS that might be the primary agent associated with this disease. Serological and molecular tests specific for the virus permitted a definitive laboratory diagnosis to be made and allowed further investigation to define whether other cofactors play a part in disease progression.en_HK
dc.languageengen_HK
dc.publisherThe Lancet Publishing Group. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/lanceten_HK
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dc.subject.meshAdulten_HK
dc.subject.meshAgeden_HK
dc.subject.meshCoronavirus - classification - isolation & purification - ultrastructureen_HK
dc.subject.meshCoronavirus Infections - diagnosis - transmission - virologyen_HK
dc.subject.meshDisease Progressionen_HK
dc.subject.meshFemaleen_HK
dc.subject.meshHong Kongen_HK
dc.subject.meshHumansen_HK
dc.subject.meshMaleen_HK
dc.subject.meshMicroscopy, Electronen_HK
dc.subject.meshMiddle Ageden_HK
dc.subject.meshNasopharynx - virologyen_HK
dc.subject.meshOpportunistic Infections - diagnosis - transmission - virologyen_HK
dc.subject.meshReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reactionen_HK
dc.subject.meshRisk Factorsen_HK
dc.subject.meshSevere Acute Respiratory Syndrome - diagnosis - transmission - virologyen_HK
dc.subject.meshVirus Cultivationen_HK
dc.titleCoronavirus as a possible cause of severe acute respiratory syndromeen_HK
dc.typeArticleen_HK
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