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Volume 10, Number 2—February 2004
THEME ISSUE
2004 SARS Edition
SARS Transmission

SARS-associated Coronavirus Transmission, United States

Elmira T. Isakbaeva*Comments to Author , Nino Khetsuriani*, R. Suzanne Beard*, Angela Peck*, Dean D. Erdman*, Stephan S. Monroe*, Suxiang Tong*, Thomas G. Ksiazek*, Sara Lowther*†, Indra Pandya Smith*, Larry J. Anderson*, Jairam Lingappa*, Marc-Alain Widdowson*, and other members of the SARS Investigation Group
Author affiliations: *Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; †McKing Consulting, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

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Table 4

Profile and exposure of 10 household contacts (HHCs) of five confirmed SARS case-patients, United States, 2003a

HHC no. Case-patient identification no. (n=5) Shedding documented in case-patient Use of surgical mask by case-patient SARS-CoV infection in HHC HHC relation to case-patient Age (y)/sex/race Exposure to the case-patient before hospitalization
 Protective measures by HHC
No. of days in house with case-patient No. of nights in same room Contact within 3 feet (h/day) Skin-to-skin contact (times/day) Surgical mask used during 1st week of illness Routine handwashing with soap
1b
 1
 No
 No
 Yes
 Spouse
 37/F/A
 4
 5–6
 0–1
 >3
 No
 Noc
2
No
 Brother
 57/M/A
 4
 0
 1–3
 0
 No
 Noc
3
No
 Brother-in-law
 55/M/A
 4
 0
 0–1
 0
 No
 Yes
4
No
 Nephew
 16/M/A
 4
 0
 0–1
 0
 No
 Yes
5
 3
 No
 No
 No
 Spouse
 52/M/W
 6
 7
 >7
 >3
 No
 Yes
6
 4
 No
 No
 No
 Mother
 52/F/W
 4
 0
 >7
 >3
 No
 Yes
7
 6d
 Yes
 Yes
 No
 Spouse
 47/F/W
 Alle
 0
 0–1
 1–2
 Yes
 Yes
8
No
 Son
 12/M/W
 Alle
 0
 1–3
 1–2
 No
 Yes
9
 7f
 Yes
 Yes
 No
 Son
 22/M/A
 11
 0
 0–1
 1–2
 Yes
 Yes
10 No Daughter 15/F/A 11 0 0–1 0 Yes Yes

aSARS, severe acute respiratory syndrome; F, female; M, male; A, Asian; W, white.
bSARS coronavirus antibody–positive HHC.
cNo soap used for handwashing (water only).
dShedding documented in stool on day 19 after onset of illness.
eCase-patient 6 was never hospitalized.
fShedding documented in stool on days 14, 18, 21, and 26 after onset of illness.

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1Members of the SARS Investigation Group: J. McLaughlin (Alaska Division of Health); M. Romney, A. Kimura (California Department of Health Services); D. Dassey, B. Lash, D. Terashita (California-Los Angeles County Health Department); S. Klish (California-Orange County Health Care Agency); S. Cody (California-Santa Clara County Health Department); S. Farley (California-Contra County Health Department); S. Lea (California-Marin County Health Department); R. Sanderson (Florida Department of Health); J. Wolthuis (Georgia Division of Public Health); C. Allard (Mississippi Department of Health); B. Albanese (New Mexico Department of Health); B. Nivin (New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene); P. McCall, M. Davies (North Carolina Department of Health); M. Murphy, E. Koch (Ohio Department of Health); A. Weltman (Pennsylvania Department of Health); H. Brumund (Virginia Department of Health); C. Barton (Utah Department of Health); K. Whetstone (Southwest Utah Public Health Department); W. J. Bellini, S. Bialek, J. A. Comer, S. Emery, R. Helfand, T. Hennessy, A. James, A. LaMonte, E. C. Newbern, S. Scott, L. Simpson, A. Siwek, C. Smelser, L. Stockman, X. Lu, D. White (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention).

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