Post-pandemic testing of SARS-CoV-2 in Huanan Seafood Market area in Wuhan, China

Jingwen Li; Chengbi Wu; Xing Zhang; Lan Chen; Xinyi Wang; Xiuli Guan; Jinghong Li; Zhicheng Lin; Nian Xiong

doi:10.1093/cid/ciaa1043

Post-pandemic testing of SARS-CoV-2 in Huanan Seafood Market area in Wuhan, China

Clin Infect Dis. 2020 Jul 25;ciaa1043. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1043. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Jingwen Li¹, Chengbi Wu², Xing Zhang³, Lan Chen⁴, Xinyi Wang¹, Xiuli Guan⁵, Jinghong Li⁶, Zhicheng Lin⁷, Nian Xiong^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
² Department of Clinical Laboratory, Wuhan Red Cross Hospital, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
³ Wuhan Red Cross Hospital, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
⁴ Hospital Infection-Control Dept, Wuhan Red Cross Hospital, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
⁵ Health Management Centre, Wuhan Red Cross Hospital, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
⁶ Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, U.S.A.
⁷ Laboratory of Psychiatric Neurogenomics, McLean Hospital; Harvard Medical School; Belmont, MA, U.S.A.

Abstract

76 days after the COVID-19 epidemic was contained in Wuhan, the Chinese government carried out a citywide SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid testing for all the residents from May 14th to June 1st, 2020. Our hospital tested 107,662 residents around Huanan Seafood Market, uncovering a positivity rate of 0.006%.

Keywords: COVID-19; Huanan Seafood Market; asymptomatic; infectious.