Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Household Contacts of a Healthcare Provider, Wuhan, China

We found that all 5 asymptomatic household contacts of a Wuhan, China, physician with coronavirus disease had severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 detected by PCR. The index patient and 2 contacts also had abnormal chest computed tomography scans. Asymptomatic infected household contacts...

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Autores principales: Luo, Yi, Trevathan, Edwin, Qian, Zhengmin, Li, Yirong, Li, Jin, Xiao, Wei, Tu, Ning, Zeng, Zhikun, Mo, Pingzheng, Xiong, Yong, Ye, Guangming
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7392452/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32330112
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2608.201016
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author Luo, Yi
Trevathan, Edwin
Qian, Zhengmin
Li, Yirong
Li, Jin
Xiao, Wei
Tu, Ning
Zeng, Zhikun
Mo, Pingzheng
Xiong, Yong
Ye, Guangming
author_facet Luo, Yi
Trevathan, Edwin
Qian, Zhengmin
Li, Yirong
Li, Jin
Xiao, Wei
Tu, Ning
Zeng, Zhikun
Mo, Pingzheng
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Ye, Guangming
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description We found that all 5 asymptomatic household contacts of a Wuhan, China, physician with coronavirus disease had severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 detected by PCR. The index patient and 2 contacts also had abnormal chest computed tomography scans. Asymptomatic infected household contacts of healthcare workers with coronavirus disease might be underrecognized.
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spelling pubmed-73924522020-08-06 Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Household Contacts of a Healthcare Provider, Wuhan, China Luo, Yi Trevathan, Edwin Qian, Zhengmin Li, Yirong Li, Jin Xiao, Wei Tu, Ning Zeng, Zhikun Mo, Pingzheng Xiong, Yong Ye, Guangming Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter We found that all 5 asymptomatic household contacts of a Wuhan, China, physician with coronavirus disease had severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 detected by PCR. The index patient and 2 contacts also had abnormal chest computed tomography scans. Asymptomatic infected household contacts of healthcare workers with coronavirus disease might be underrecognized. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020-08 /pmc/articles/PMC7392452/ /pubmed/32330112 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2608.201016 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
Luo, Yi
Trevathan, Edwin
Qian, Zhengmin
Li, Yirong
Li, Jin
Xiao, Wei
Tu, Ning
Zeng, Zhikun
Mo, Pingzheng
Xiong, Yong
Ye, Guangming
Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Household Contacts of a Healthcare Provider, Wuhan, China
title Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Household Contacts of a Healthcare Provider, Wuhan, China
title_full Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Household Contacts of a Healthcare Provider, Wuhan, China
title_fullStr Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Household Contacts of a Healthcare Provider, Wuhan, China
title_full_unstemmed Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Household Contacts of a Healthcare Provider, Wuhan, China
title_short Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Household Contacts of a Healthcare Provider, Wuhan, China
title_sort asymptomatic sars-cov-2 infection in household contacts of a healthcare provider, wuhan, china
topic Research Letter
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7392452/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32330112
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2608.201016
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