Volume 10, Number 2—February 2004
THEME ISSUE
2004 SARS Edition
SARS Epidemiology
SARS Surveillance during Emergency Public Health Response, United States, March–July 2003
Stephanie J. Schrag*
, John T. Brooks*, Chris Van Beneden*, Umesh D. Parashar*, Patricia M. Griffin*, Larry J. Anderson*, William J. Bellini*, Robert F. Benson*, Dean D. Erdman*, Alexander Klimov*, Thomas G. Ksiazek*, Teresa C.T. Peret*, Deborah F. Talkington*, W. Lanier Thacker*, Maria L. Tondella*, Jacquelyn S. Sampson*, Allen W. Hightower*, Dale F. Nordenberg*, Brian D. Plikaytis*, Ali S. Khan*, Nancy E. Rosenstein*, Tracee A. Treadwell*, Cynthia G. Whitney*, Anthony E. Fiore*, Tonji M. Durant*, Joseph F. Perz*, Annemarie Wasley*, Daniel Feikin*, Joy L. Herndon*, William A. Bower*, Barbara W. Kilbourn*, Deborah A. Levy*, Victor G. Coronado*, Joanna Buffington*, Clare A. Dykewicz*, Rima F. Khabbaz*, and Mary E. Chamberland*
, John T. Brooks*, Chris Van Beneden*, Umesh D. Parashar*, Patricia M. Griffin*, Larry J. Anderson*, William J. Bellini*, Robert F. Benson*, Dean D. Erdman*, Alexander Klimov*, Thomas G. Ksiazek*, Teresa C.T. Peret*, Deborah F. Talkington*, W. Lanier Thacker*, Maria L. Tondella*, Jacquelyn S. Sampson*, Allen W. Hightower*, Dale F. Nordenberg*, Brian D. Plikaytis*, Ali S. Khan*, Nancy E. Rosenstein*, Tracee A. Treadwell*, Cynthia G. Whitney*, Anthony E. Fiore*, Tonji M. Durant*, Joseph F. Perz*, Annemarie Wasley*, Daniel Feikin*, Joy L. Herndon*, William A. Bower*, Barbara W. Kilbourn*, Deborah A. Levy*, Victor G. Coronado*, Joanna Buffington*, Clare A. Dykewicz*, Rima F. Khabbaz*, and Mary E. Chamberland*Table 4
Characteristics of SARS case-patients, U.S. SARS surveillance, March 17–July 18, 2003a
| Characteristic | Overall |
SARS-CoV positive |
SARS-CoV negative |
SARS-CoV undetermined |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Probable, % (N = 72) | Suspect, % (N = 326) | Probable, % (N = 8) | Probable, % (N = 39) | Suspect, % (N = 167) | Probable, % (N = 25) | Suspect, % (N = 159) | ||||
| Age (years) |
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| 0–4 |
15 |
14 |
0 |
15 |
10 |
20 |
19 |
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| 5–9 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
3 |
5 |
8 |
4 |
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| 10–17 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
2 |
0 |
0 (1) |
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| 18–64 |
58 |
73 |
100 |
54 |
76 |
52 |
70 |
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| >65 |
20 |
7 |
0 |
23 |
7 |
20 |
7 |
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| Sex |
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| Female |
44 |
47 |
50 |
41 |
50 |
48 |
45 |
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| Male |
56 |
53 |
50 |
59 |
50 |
52 |
55 |
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| Race |
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| White |
47 |
58 |
37 |
54 |
62 |
40 |
53 |
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| Black |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
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| Asian |
40 |
33 |
63 |
36 |
28 |
40 |
38 |
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| Other |
2 |
0 (1) |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
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| Unknown |
10 |
7 |
0 |
8 |
8 |
16 |
6 |
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| Exposure |
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| Travel |
83 |
81 |
88 |
87 |
82 |
84 |
81 |
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| Close contact |
14 |
16 |
12b (1) |
13 |
17 |
8 |
14 |
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| Health care worker |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
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| Unknown |
3 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
8 |
4 |
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| Hospitalized |
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| Yes |
61 |
25 |
88 |
59 |
26 |
56 |
23 |
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| No |
39 |
75 |
12 (1) |
41 |
73 |
44 |
75 |
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| Unknown |
0 |
1 (3) |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
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| Mechanically ventilated |
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| Yes |
3 (2) |
1 (2) |
12 (1) |
0 |
1 (1) |
4 (1) |
1 (1) |
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| No |
89 |
93 |
88 |
97 |
95 |
80 |
91 |
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| Unknown | 8 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 8 | |||
aSARS-CoV, severe acute respiratory syndrome–associated coronavirus.
bThis case-patient also traveled to Hong Kong and stayed at Hotel M; however, onset of illness was 13 days after returning to the United States.
