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Editor, Senior Moderator
Emerg Infect Dis
. 2020 Jun 17;26(9).
doi: 10.3201/eid2609.201848. Online ahead of print.
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Among Asymptomatic Workers Screened for Work Resumption, China
Xiaoyu Han, Xiong Wei, Osamah Alwalid, Yukun Cao, Yumin Li, Li Wang, Heshui Shi
Abstract
After the outbreak in Wuhan, China, we assessed 29,299 workers screened for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 by reverse transcription PCR. We noted 18 (0.061%) cases of asymptomatic infection; 13 turned negative within 8.0 days, and 41 close contacts tested negative. Among 6 contacts who had serologic tests, none were positive.
Keywords: COVID-19; China; SARS; SARS-CoV-2; Wuhan; coronavirus; coronavirus disease; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; viruses; zoonoses.
. 2020 Jun 17;26(9).
doi: 10.3201/eid2609.201848. Online ahead of print.
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Among Asymptomatic Workers Screened for Work Resumption, China
Xiaoyu Han, Xiong Wei, Osamah Alwalid, Yukun Cao, Yumin Li, Li Wang, Heshui Shi
- PMID: 32553070
- DOI: 10.3201/eid2609.201848
Abstract
After the outbreak in Wuhan, China, we assessed 29,299 workers screened for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 by reverse transcription PCR. We noted 18 (0.061%) cases of asymptomatic infection; 13 turned negative within 8.0 days, and 41 close contacts tested negative. Among 6 contacts who had serologic tests, none were positive.
Keywords: COVID-19; China; SARS; SARS-CoV-2; Wuhan; coronavirus; coronavirus disease; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; viruses; zoonoses.