COVID-19 transmission within a family cluster by presymptomatic carriers in China

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 71, Issue 15, 2020, Pages 861-862

  Qian, Guoqing ^a   Yang, Naibin ^a   Yan Ma, Ada Hoi ^b   Wang, Liping ^a   Li, Guoxiang ^a   Chen, Xueqin ^a   Chen, Xiaomin ^a  

^a NINGBO FIRST HOSPITAL   (China)

^b The University of Nottingham Ningbo China   (China)

Author keywords

COVID 19; Family cluster; Presymptomatic carriers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC CARRIER; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; COUGHING; DAUGHTER; FAMILY; FATHER; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; GRANDCHILD; GRANDMOTHER; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUSBAND; INCUBATION TIME; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS 2; SON-IN-LAW; THROAT CULTURE; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; BETACORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; PANDEMIC; PATHOGENICITY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTIONS; BETACORONAVIRUS; CHILD; CHINA; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANDEMICS; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL;

EID: 85083282242     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaa316     Document Type: Article

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