SARS-related Virus Predating SARS Outbreak, Hong Kong
SARS-related Virus Predating SARS Outbreak, Hong Kong
Abstract Using immunofluorescence and neutralization assays, we detected antibodies to human severe acute respiratory syndrome–associated coronavirus (SARS-CoV) and/or animal SARS-CoV–like virus in 17 (1.8%) of 938 adults recruited in 2001. This finding suggests that a small proportion of healthy persons in Hong Kong had been exposed to SARS-related viruses at …