Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 among Asymptomatic Workers Screened for Work Resumption, China

After the outbreak in Wuhan, China, we assessed 29,299 workers screened for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 by reverse transcription PCR. We noted 18 (0.061%) cases of asymptomatic infection; 13 turned negative within 8.0 days, and 41 close contacts tested negative. Among 6 contacts...

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Autores principales: Han, Xiaoyu, Wei, Xiong, Alwalid, Osamah, Cao, Yukun, Li, Yumin, Wang, Li, Shi, Heshui
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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/PMC7454110/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32553070
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2609.201848
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author Han, Xiaoyu
Wei, Xiong
Alwalid, Osamah
Cao, Yukun
Li, Yumin
Wang, Li
Shi, Heshui
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Alwalid, Osamah
Cao, Yukun
Li, Yumin
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description After the outbreak in Wuhan, China, we assessed 29,299 workers screened for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 by reverse transcription PCR. We noted 18 (0.061%) cases of asymptomatic infection; 13 turned negative within 8.0 days, and 41 close contacts tested negative. Among 6 contacts who had serologic tests, none were positive.
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spelling pubmed-74541102020-09-03 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 among Asymptomatic Workers Screened for Work Resumption, China Han, Xiaoyu Wei, Xiong Alwalid, Osamah Cao, Yukun Li, Yumin Wang, Li Shi, Heshui Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter After the outbreak in Wuhan, China, we assessed 29,299 workers screened for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 by reverse transcription PCR. We noted 18 (0.061%) cases of asymptomatic infection; 13 turned negative within 8.0 days, and 41 close contacts tested negative. Among 6 contacts who had serologic tests, none were positive. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020-09 /pmc/articles/PMC7454110/ /pubmed/32553070 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2609.201848 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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Han, Xiaoyu
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Alwalid, Osamah
Cao, Yukun
Li, Yumin
Wang, Li
Shi, Heshui
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 among Asymptomatic Workers Screened for Work Resumption, China
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7454110/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32553070
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