SARS-CoV-2 Transmission from Presymptomatic Meeting Attendee, Germany

During a meeting in Munich, Germany, a presymptomatic attendee with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infected at least 11 of 13 other participants. Although 5 participants had no or mild symptoms, 6 had typical coronavirus disease, without dyspnea. Our findings suggest hand shaking an...

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Autores principales: Hijnen, DirkJan, Marzano, Angelo Valerio, Eyerich, Kilian, GeurtsvanKessel, Corine, Giménez-Arnau, Ana Maria, Joly, Pascal, Vestergaard, Christian, Sticherling, Michael, Schmidt, Enno
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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/PMC7392453/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32392125
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2608.201235
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author Hijnen, DirkJan
Marzano, Angelo Valerio
Eyerich, Kilian
GeurtsvanKessel, Corine
Giménez-Arnau, Ana Maria
Joly, Pascal
Vestergaard, Christian
Sticherling, Michael
Schmidt, Enno
author_facet Hijnen, DirkJan
Marzano, Angelo Valerio
Eyerich, Kilian
GeurtsvanKessel, Corine
Giménez-Arnau, Ana Maria
Joly, Pascal
Vestergaard, Christian
Sticherling, Michael
Schmidt, Enno
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description During a meeting in Munich, Germany, a presymptomatic attendee with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infected at least 11 of 13 other participants. Although 5 participants had no or mild symptoms, 6 had typical coronavirus disease, without dyspnea. Our findings suggest hand shaking and face-to-face contact as possible modes of transmission.
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spelling pubmed-73924532020-08-06 SARS-CoV-2 Transmission from Presymptomatic Meeting Attendee, Germany Hijnen, DirkJan Marzano, Angelo Valerio Eyerich, Kilian GeurtsvanKessel, Corine Giménez-Arnau, Ana Maria Joly, Pascal Vestergaard, Christian Sticherling, Michael Schmidt, Enno Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter During a meeting in Munich, Germany, a presymptomatic attendee with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infected at least 11 of 13 other participants. Although 5 participants had no or mild symptoms, 6 had typical coronavirus disease, without dyspnea. Our findings suggest hand shaking and face-to-face contact as possible modes of transmission. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020-08 /pmc/articles/PMC7392453/ /pubmed/32392125 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2608.201235 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.
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Eyerich, Kilian
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Joly, Pascal
Vestergaard, Christian
Sticherling, Michael
Schmidt, Enno
SARS-CoV-2 Transmission from Presymptomatic Meeting Attendee, Germany
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7392453/
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