Asymptomatic Transmission and the Infection Fatality Risk for COVID-19: Implications for School Reopening

Asymptomatic infection occurs for numerous respiratory viral diseases, including influenza and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). We seek to clarify confusion in 3 areas: age-specific risks of transmission and/or disease; various definitions for the COVID-19 “mortality rate,” each useful for speci...

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Autores principales: Vermund, Sten H, Pitzer, Virginia E
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Invited Commentary
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7337644/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32584967
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaa855
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description Asymptomatic infection occurs for numerous respiratory viral diseases, including influenza and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). We seek to clarify confusion in 3 areas: age-specific risks of transmission and/or disease; various definitions for the COVID-19 “mortality rate,” each useful for specific purposes; and implications for student return strategies from preschool through university settings.
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spelling pubmed-73376442020-07-08 Asymptomatic Transmission and the Infection Fatality Risk for COVID-19: Implications for School Reopening Vermund, Sten H Pitzer, Virginia E Clin Infect Dis Invited Commentary Asymptomatic infection occurs for numerous respiratory viral diseases, including influenza and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). We seek to clarify confusion in 3 areas: age-specific risks of transmission and/or disease; various definitions for the COVID-19 “mortality rate,” each useful for specific purposes; and implications for student return strategies from preschool through university settings. Oxford University Press 2020-06-25 /pmc/articles/PMC7337644/ /pubmed/32584967 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaa855 Text en © The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press for the Infectious Diseases Society of America. All rights reserved. For permissions, e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com. https://academic.oup.com/journals/pages/open_access/funder_policies/chorus/standard_publication_modelThis article is published and distributed under the terms of the Oxford University Press, Standard Journals Publication Model (https://academic.oup.com/journals/pages/open_access/funder_policies/chorus/standard_publication_model)
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