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Editor, Senior Moderator
Emerg Infect Dis
. 2020 May 26;26(8).
doi: 10.3201/eid2608.201142. Online ahead of print.
Secondary Transmission of Coronavirus Disease From Presymptomatic Persons, China
Weiwei Zhang, Weibin Cheng, Lei Luo, Yu Ma, Conghui Xu, Pengzhe Qin, Zhoubin Zhang
Abstract
We explored the secondary attack rate in different types of contact with persons presymptomatic for coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Close contacts who lived with or had frequent contact with an index case-patient had a higher risk for COVID-19. Our findings provide population-based evidence for transmission from persons with presymptomatic COVID-19 infections.
Keywords: 2019 novel coronavirus disease; COVID-19; China; SARS; SARS-CoV-2; coronavirus disease; coronavirus secondary transmission; presymptomatic; respiratory infections; secondary attack rate; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; viruses; zoonoses.
. 2020 May 26;26(8).
doi: 10.3201/eid2608.201142. Online ahead of print.
Secondary Transmission of Coronavirus Disease From Presymptomatic Persons, China
Weiwei Zhang, Weibin Cheng, Lei Luo, Yu Ma, Conghui Xu, Pengzhe Qin, Zhoubin Zhang
- PMID: 32453686
- DOI: 10.3201/eid2608.201142
Abstract
We explored the secondary attack rate in different types of contact with persons presymptomatic for coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Close contacts who lived with or had frequent contact with an index case-patient had a higher risk for COVID-19. Our findings provide population-based evidence for transmission from persons with presymptomatic COVID-19 infections.
Keywords: 2019 novel coronavirus disease; COVID-19; China; SARS; SARS-CoV-2; coronavirus disease; coronavirus secondary transmission; presymptomatic; respiratory infections; secondary attack rate; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; viruses; zoonoses.