Volume 10, Number 2, February 2004

Lack of SARS Transmission and U.S. SARS Case-Patient

Angela J. Peck,* E. Claire Newbern,*† Daniel R. Feikin,* Elmira T. Isakbaeva,* Benjamin J. Park,* Jason T. Fehr,‡ Ashley C. LaMonte,* Thong P. Le,§ Terry L. Burger,¶ Luther V. Rhodes III,¶# Andre Weltman,** Dean Erdman,* Thomas G. Ksiazek,* Jairam R. Lingappa,* and the SARS Pennsylvania Case Investigation Team
*Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; †Philadelphia Department of Public Health, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; ‡Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA; §Infectious Diseases Service, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA; ¶Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network, Allentown and Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA; #Allentown Infectious Diseases Services, Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA; and **Pennsylvania Department of Health, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA

Figure 3. Duration of exposure for close contacts within 3 feet on the three dates when the case-patient with severe acute respiratory syndrome sought medical care. Four contacts (three household contacts and one healthcare worker) had contact with the patient on 2 of these days. Two healthcare workers had both protected and unprotected contact (shown with hatching).

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