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

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Luo, Yi ; Trevathan, Edwin ; Qian, Zhengmin ; Li, Yirong ; Li, Jin ; Xiao, Wei ; Tu, Ning ; Zeng, Zhikun ; Mo, Pingzheng ; Xiong, Yong ; Ye, Guangming
• 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.
• Subjects:
  Adult Asymptomatic Diseases Betacoronavirus Child Clinical Laboratory Techniques Contact Tracing Coronavirus Infections Covid-19 Disease Outbreaks Family Characteristics Female Health Personnel Humans Male Middle Aged Pandemics Pneumonia, Viral Tomography, X-Ray Computed

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 26(8):1930-1933
• Pubmed ID:
  32330112
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC7392452
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  China
• Location:
  Asia
• Volume:
  26
• Issue:
  8
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:db1f04de3058804bc335b218e67433265a83972b33616c3b8af60e05344ec1af
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/91561/cdc_91561_DS1.pdf
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