Volume 10, Number 2—February 2004
THEME ISSUE
2004 SARS Edition
SARS Transmission
Lack of SARS Transmission among Healthcare Workers, United States
Benjamin J. Park*, Angela J. Peck*, Matthew J. Kuehnert*, Claire Newbern*†, Chad Smelser*‡, James A. Comer*, Daniel B. Jernigan*, and L. Clifford McDonald*
Table 6
Outcomes of healthcare workers who were exposed to laboratory-confirmed SARS patients, United States (n = 110)a
| Outcomeb | n (%) |
|---|---|
| Cough | 16 (15) |
| Shortness of breath | 3 (3) |
| Fever | 3 (3) |
| Pneumonia by chest radiography | 1 (1) |
| Hospitalized | 1 (1) |
aSARS, severe acute respiratory syndrome.
bEach healthcare worker may have >1 outcome.
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