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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*Comments to Author , 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 R. 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*
Author affiliations: *Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

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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
Probable, %
(N = 72) Suspect, %
(N = 326) Probable, %
(N = 8) Probable, %
(N = 39) Suspect, %
(N = 167) Probable, %
(N = 25) Suspect, %
(N = 159)
Age (years)
0–4
 15
 14
0
15
 10
20
 19
5–9
 4
 4
0
3
 5
8
 4
10–17
 3
 2
0
5
 2
0
 0 (1)
18–64
 58
 73
100
54
 76
52
 70
>65
 20
 7
0
23
 7
20
 7
Sex
Female
 44
 47
50
41
 50
48
 45
Male
 56
 53
50
59
 50
52
 55
Race
White
 47
 58
37
54
 62
40
 53
Black
 1
 2
0
0
 2
4
 1
Asian
 40
 33
63
36
 28
40
 38
Other
 2
 0 (1)
0
2
 0
0
 2
Unknown
 10
 7
0
8
 8
16
 6
Exposure
Travel
 83
 81
88
87
 82
84
 81
Close contact
 14
 16
12b (1)
13
 17
8
 14
Health care worker
 0
 1
0
0
 0
0
 1
Unknown
 3
 2
0
0
 1
8
 4
Hospitalized
Yes
 61
 25
88
59
 26
56
 23
No
 39
 75
12 (1)
41
 73
44
 75
Unknown
 0
 1 (3)
0
0
 1
0
 2
Mechanically ventilated
Yes
 3 (2)
 1 (2)
12 (1)
0
 1 (1)
4 (1)
 1 (1)
No
 89
 93
88
97
 95
80
 91
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.

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