Table 1.

Characteristics of flights carrying SARS index patients and study participation rates, 2003

Flight	Index patient	Equipment	Origin	Destination	Departure date	Number of passengers and crew aboard	Number of passengers and crew contacted (% of those aboard)¶	Number completing survey (% of those contacted)	Number completing survey and blood draw (% of those contacted)
1	A*	747‐400	Tokyo	New York City	3/2/2003	334	108 (32)	104 (96)	34 (31)
2	B†	777‐200	Hong Kong	Newark	2/23/2003	296	46 (16)	33 (72)	10 (22)
3	C‡	747‐400	Hong Kong	Los Angeles	3/8/2003	374	47 (13)	45 (96)	27 (57)
4	C‡	737‐800	Los Angeles	Salt Lake City	3/8/2003	133	73 (55)	69 (95)	37 (51)
5	D§	340‐300	Taipei	New York City	3/12/2003	212	25 (12)	23 (92)	7 (28)
6	D§	Canadair Regional Jet	New York City	Norfolk	3/13/2003	32	8 (25)	8 (100)	3 (38)
7	E‖	747‐400	Hong Kong	San Francisco	3/6/2003	385	32 (8)	30 (94)	9 (28)
Total						1,766	339 (19)	312 (92)	127 (37)

SARS = severe acute respiratory syndrome.

^* Symptom onset was 2/24/2003; symptoms during the flight included fever and cough.

^† Symptom onset was 2/25/2003; no symptoms during the flight.

^‡ Symptom onset was 3/6/2003; symptoms during the flight included fever but did not include cough.

^§ Symptom onset was 3/9/2003; symptoms during the flight included fever and cough.

^‖ Onset of mild symptoms was 3/3/2003 with recovery 3/4/2003. Onset of more severe symptoms was 3/13/2003; no symptoms during the flight.

^¶ Includes only passengers and crew with US telephone numbers.