Transmission of 2019-NCOV infection from an asymptomatic contact in Germany

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 382, Issue 10, 2020, Pages 970-971

  Rothe, Camilla ^a   Schunk, Mirjam ^a   Sothmann, Peter ^a   Bretzel, Gisela ^a   Froeschl, Guenter ^a   Wallrauch, Claudia ^a   Zimmer, Thorbjörn ^a   Thiel, Verena ^a   Janke, Christian ^a   Guggemos, Wolfgang ^b   Seilmaier, Michael ^b   Drosten, Christian ^c   Vollmar, Patrick ^d   Zwirglmaier, Katrin ^d   Zange, Sabine ^d   Wölfel, Roman ^d   Hoelscher, Michael ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Klinikum Schwabing   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d BUNDESWEHR INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CHILL; CHINA; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; COUGHING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FOLLOW UP; GERMAN (CITIZEN); GERMANY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MYALGIA; NASOPHARYNGEAL ASPIRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS 2; SORE THROAT; SPUTUM SMEAR; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; BETACORONAVIRUS; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; TRAVEL; URINE; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

COVID-19; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS 2;

ADULT; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; BETACORONAVIRUS; CHINA; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; TRAVEL;

EID: 85078852923     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc2001468     Document Type: Letter

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