Secondary Transmission of Coronavirus Disease from Presymptomatic Persons, China

We explored the secondary attack rate in different types of contact with persons presymptomatic for coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Close contacts who lived with or had frequent contact with an index case-patient had a higher risk for COVID-19. Our findings provide population-based evidence for tran...

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Autores principales: Zhang, Weiwei, Cheng, Weibin, Luo, Lei, Ma, Yu, Xu, Conghui, Qin, Pengzhe, Zhang, Zhoubin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020
Materias:
Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7392433/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32453686
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2608.201142
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Sumario:We explored the secondary attack rate in different types of contact with persons presymptomatic for coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Close contacts who lived with or had frequent contact with an index case-patient had a higher risk for COVID-19. Our findings provide population-based evidence for transmission from persons with presymptomatic COVID-19 infections.

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