Analysis of Asymptomatic and Presymptomatic Transmission in SARS-CoV-2 Outbreak, Germany, 2020

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Bender, Jennifer K. ; Brandl, Michael ; Höhle, Michael ; Buchholz, Udo ; Zeitlmann, Nadine
• Description:
  We determined secondary attack rates (SAR) among close contacts of 59 asymptomatic and symptomatic coronavirus disease case-patients by presymptomatic and symptomatic exposure. We observed no transmission from asymptomatic case-patients and highest SAR through presymptomatic exposure. Rapid quarantine of close contacts with or without symptoms is needed to prevent presymptomatic transmission.
• Subjects:
  Adult Asymptomatic Diseases Contact Tracing Coronavirus Infections Covid-19 Disease Transmission, Infectious Female Humans Incidence Male Pandemics Quarantine Risk Adjustment Sars-Cov-2 Symptom Assessment

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 27(4):1159-1163
• Pubmed ID:
  33600301
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC8007320
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Germany
• Volume:
  27
• Issue:
  4
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:ae2bd8633047c8223937f34a1169c487339de4b425988b387b4a09f8092fafe3
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/104879/cdc_104879_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.67 MB ]