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Volume 10, Number 6—June 2004
Research

Epidemiologic Clues to SARS Origin in China

Rui-Heng Xu*, Jian-Feng He*, Meirion R. Evans†‡Comments to Author , Guo-Wen Peng*, Hume E Field§, De-Wen Yu*, Chin-Kei Lee¶, Hui-Min Luo*, Wei-Sheng Lin*, Peng Lin*, Ling-Hui Li*, Wen-Jia Liang*, Jin-Yan Lin*, and Alan Schnur#1
Author affiliations: *Guangdong Province Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou, China; †University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff, United Kingdom; ‡National Public Health Service for Wales, Cardiff, United Kingdom; §Animal Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia; ¶Australian National University, Canberra, Australia; #World Health Organization, Beijing, China

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Table 6

Case series of index cases by municipality in SARS epidemic, Guangdong, China November 2002–April 2003a

Case no. City Sex Age Occupation Date of onset Animal contact Secondary transmission
Case 1
 Foshan
 M
 45
 Administrator and village leader
 Nov 16, 2002
 Yes
 Yes
Case 2
 Heyuan
 M
 34
 Restaurant chef
 Dec 10, 2002
 Unknown
 Yes
Case 3
 Jiangmen
 M
 26
 Factory worker
 Dec 21, 2002
 No
 No
Case 4
 Zhongshan
 M
 30
 Restaurant chef
 Dec 26, 2002
 Yes
 Yes
Case 5
 Guangzhou
 M
 49
 Office worker
 Jan 2, 2003
 No
 Yes
Case 6
 Shenzhen
 M
 46
 Office worker
 Jan 15, 2003
 No
 Yes
Case 7 Zhaoqing F 39 Market vendor Jan 17, 2003 Probably Yes

aSARS, severe acute respiratory syndrome; M, male; F, female.

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1Drs. Evans, Field, and Lee were consultants for the World Health Organization; they assisted in its Beijing office.

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