COVID-19 transmission through asymptomatic carriers is a challenge to containment

doi:10.1111/irv.12743

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. 2020 Jul;14(4):474-475.

doi: 10.1111/irv.12743. Epub 2020 Apr 15.

COVID-19 transmission through asymptomatic carriers is a challenge to containment

Xingxia Yu¹, Rongrong Yang²

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¹ Department of Emergency, The People's Hospital, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
² Department of Infectious Diseases, Zhongnan Hospital, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.

PMID: 32246886
PMCID: PMC7228388
DOI: 10.1111/irv.12743

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COVID-19 transmission through asymptomatic carriers is a challenge to containment

Xingxia Yu et al. Influenza Other Respir Viruses. 2020 Jul.

. 2020 Jul;14(4):474-475.

doi: 10.1111/irv.12743. Epub 2020 Apr 15.

Authors

Xingxia Yu¹, Rongrong Yang²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Emergency, The People's Hospital, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
² Department of Infectious Diseases, Zhongnan Hospital, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.

PMID: 32246886
PMCID: PMC7228388
DOI: 10.1111/irv.12743

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[1] Huang C, Wang Y, Li X, et al. Clinical features of patients infected with 2019 novel coronavirus in Wuhan, China. Lancet. 2020;395:497‐506. - PMC - PubMed

[2] Huang C, Wang Y, Li X, et al. Clinical features of patients infected with 2019 novel coronavirus in Wuhan, China. Lancet. 2020;395:497‐506. - PMC - PubMed

[3] Che XY, Di B, Zhao GP, et al. A patient with asymptomatic severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and Antigenemia from the 2003–2004 community outbreak of SARS in Guangzhou, China. Clin Infect Dis. 2006;43:e1‐5. - PMC - PubMed

[4] Che XY, Di B, Zhao GP, et al. A patient with asymptomatic severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and Antigenemia from the 2003–2004 community outbreak of SARS in Guangzhou, China. Clin Infect Dis. 2006;43:e1‐5. - PMC - PubMed

[5] Chan JF, Yuan S, Kok KH, et al. A familial cluster of pneumonia associated with the 2019 novel coronavirus indicating person‐to‐person transmission: a study of a family cluster. Lancet. 2020;395:514‐523. - PMC - PubMed

[6] Chan JF, Yuan S, Kok KH, et al. A familial cluster of pneumonia associated with the 2019 novel coronavirus indicating person‐to‐person transmission: a study of a family cluster. Lancet. 2020;395:514‐523. - PMC - PubMed

[7] Pan X, Chen D, Xia Y, et al. Asymptomatic cases in a family cluster with SARS‐CoV‐2 infection. Lancet Infect Dis. 2020;20(4):410‐411. - PMC - PubMed

[8] Pan X, Chen D, Xia Y, et al. Asymptomatic cases in a family cluster with SARS‐CoV‐2 infection. Lancet Infect Dis. 2020;20(4):410‐411. - PMC - PubMed

[9] Zou L, Ruan F, Huang M, et al. SARS‐CoV‐2 viral load in upper respiratory specimens of infected patients. N Engl J Med. 2020;382(12):1177‐1179. - PMC - PubMed

[10] Zou L, Ruan F, Huang M, et al. SARS‐CoV‐2 viral load in upper respiratory specimens of infected patients. N Engl J Med. 2020;382(12):1177‐1179. - PMC - PubMed

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