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...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
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
_version_ 1783564846617329664
author Zhang, Weiwei
Cheng, Weibin
Luo, Lei
Ma, Yu
Xu, Conghui
Qin, Pengzhe
Zhang, Zhoubin
author_facet Zhang, Weiwei
Cheng, Weibin
Luo, Lei
Ma, Yu
Xu, Conghui
Qin, Pengzhe
Zhang, Zhoubin
author_sort Zhang, Weiwei
collection PubMed
description 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.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-7392433
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2020
publisher Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-73924332020-08-06 Secondary Transmission of Coronavirus Disease from Presymptomatic Persons, China Zhang, Weiwei Cheng, Weibin Luo, Lei Ma, Yu Xu, Conghui Qin, Pengzhe Zhang, Zhoubin Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter 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. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020-08 /pmc/articles/PMC7392433/ /pubmed/32453686 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2608.201142 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
spellingShingle Research Letter
Zhang, Weiwei
Cheng, Weibin
Luo, Lei
Ma, Yu
Xu, Conghui
Qin, Pengzhe
Zhang, Zhoubin
Secondary Transmission of Coronavirus Disease from Presymptomatic Persons, China
title Secondary Transmission of Coronavirus Disease from Presymptomatic Persons, China
title_full Secondary Transmission of Coronavirus Disease from Presymptomatic Persons, China
title_fullStr Secondary Transmission of Coronavirus Disease from Presymptomatic Persons, China
title_full_unstemmed Secondary Transmission of Coronavirus Disease from Presymptomatic Persons, China
title_short Secondary Transmission of Coronavirus Disease from Presymptomatic Persons, China
title_sort secondary transmission of coronavirus disease from presymptomatic persons, china
topic Research Letter
url 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
work_keys_str_mv AT zhangweiwei secondarytransmissionofcoronavirusdiseasefrompresymptomaticpersonschina
AT chengweibin secondarytransmissionofcoronavirusdiseasefrompresymptomaticpersonschina
AT luolei secondarytransmissionofcoronavirusdiseasefrompresymptomaticpersonschina
AT mayu secondarytransmissionofcoronavirusdiseasefrompresymptomaticpersonschina
AT xuconghui secondarytransmissionofcoronavirusdiseasefrompresymptomaticpersonschina
AT qinpengzhe secondarytransmissionofcoronavirusdiseasefrompresymptomaticpersonschina
AT zhangzhoubin secondarytransmissionofcoronavirusdiseasefrompresymptomaticpersonschina

Ejemplares similares