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Editor, Senior Moderator
Microbes Infect. 2020 May 6. pii: S1286-4579(20)30078-2. doi: 10.1016/j.micinf.2020.04.011. [Epub ahead of print]
Characteristics of asymptomatic patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection in Jinan, China.
Ma Y[SUP]1[/SUP], Xu QN[SUP]1[/SUP], Wang FL[SUP]1[/SUP], Ma XM[SUP]1[/SUP], Wang XY[SUP]1[/SUP], Zhang XG[SUP]2[/SUP], Zhang ZF[SUP]3[/SUP].
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Abstract
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2(SARS-CoV-2) is continuously and rapidly circulating at present. Asymptomatic patients have been proven to be contagious and thus pose a significant infection control challenge. Here we describe the characteristics of asymptomatic patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection in Jinan, Shandong province, China. A total of 47 patients with confirmed COVID-19 were recruited. Among them, 11 patients were categorized as asymptomatic cases. We found that the asymptomatic patients in Jinan were relatively young and were mainly clustered cases. The laboratory indicators and lung lesion on chest CT were mild. No special factors were found accounting for the presence or absence of symptoms. The presence of asymptomatic patients increased the difficulty of screening. It is necessary to strengthen the identification of such patients in the future.
Copyright ? 2020. Published by Elsevier Masson SAS.
KEYWORDS:
COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; asymptomatic; characteristics
PMID:32387682DOI:10.1016/j.micinf.2020.04.011
Characteristics of asymptomatic patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection in Jinan, China.
Ma Y[SUP]1[/SUP], Xu QN[SUP]1[/SUP], Wang FL[SUP]1[/SUP], Ma XM[SUP]1[/SUP], Wang XY[SUP]1[/SUP], Zhang XG[SUP]2[/SUP], Zhang ZF[SUP]3[/SUP].
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Abstract
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2(SARS-CoV-2) is continuously and rapidly circulating at present. Asymptomatic patients have been proven to be contagious and thus pose a significant infection control challenge. Here we describe the characteristics of asymptomatic patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection in Jinan, Shandong province, China. A total of 47 patients with confirmed COVID-19 were recruited. Among them, 11 patients were categorized as asymptomatic cases. We found that the asymptomatic patients in Jinan were relatively young and were mainly clustered cases. The laboratory indicators and lung lesion on chest CT were mild. No special factors were found accounting for the presence or absence of symptoms. The presence of asymptomatic patients increased the difficulty of screening. It is necessary to strengthen the identification of such patients in the future.
Copyright ? 2020. Published by Elsevier Masson SAS.
KEYWORDS:
COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; asymptomatic; characteristics
PMID:32387682DOI:10.1016/j.micinf.2020.04.011