Active Monitoring of Persons Exposed to Patients with Confirmed COVID-19 — United States, January–February 2020

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• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Personal Author:
  Burke, Rachel M. ; Midgley, Claire M. ; Dratch, Alissa ; Fenstersheib, Marty ; Haupt, Thomas ; Holshue, Michelle ; Ghinai, Isaac ; Jarashow, M. Claire ; Lo, Jennifer ; McPherson, Tristan D. ; Rudman, Sara ; Scott, Sarah ; Hall, Aron J. ; Fry, Alicia M. ; Rolfes, Melissa A.
• Description:
  In December 2019, an outbreak of coronaVirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by the Virus SARS-CoV-2, began in Wuhan, China (1). The disease spread widely in China, and, as of February 26, 2020, COVID-19 cases had been identified in 36 other countries and territories, including the United States Person-to-person Transmission has been widely documented, and a limited number of countries have reported sustained person-to-person spread.* On January 20, state and local health departments in the United States, in collaboration with teams deployed from CDC, began identifying and monitoring all persons considered to have had close contact| with patients with confirmed COVID-19 (2). The aims of these efforts were to ensure rapid evaluation and care of patients, limit further Transmission, and better understand risk factors for Transmission.
• Subjects:
  BetacoronaVirus Contact Tracing CoronaVirus Infections COVID-19 Disease Outbreaks Environmental Exposure Humans Pandemics Pneumonia, Viral Public Health Surveillance Travel-Related Illness

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• Source:
  MMWR Morbidity Mortal Weekly Rep. 69(9):245-246
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  0149-2195 (print) ; 1545-861X (digital)
• Pubmed ID:
  32134909
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC7367094
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  China ; United States
• Pages in Document:
  2 pdf pages
• Volume:
  69
• Issue:
  9
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/91216/cdc_91216_DS1.pdf
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