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

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Han, Xiaoyu ; Wei, Xiong ; Alwalid, Osamah ; Cao, Yukun ; Li, Yumin ; Wang, Li ; Shi, Heshui
• 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.
• Subjects:
  Adult Antibodies, Viral Asymptomatic Infections Betacoronavirus Clinical Laboratory Techniques Coronavirus Infections Covid-19 Female Humans Male Middle Aged Pandemics Pneumonia, Viral Return To Work Sars-Cov-2

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 26(9):2265-2267
• Pubmed ID:
  32553070
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC7454110
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  China
• Location:
  Asia
• Volume:
  26
• Issue:
  9
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:18fd479652d6747b225885b8321f1f3eadb44b62a02a6d603ce3d5b401b08175
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/93023/cdc_93023_DS1.pdf
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