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

We report a COVID-19 family cluster caused by a presymptomatic case. There were 9 family members, including 8 laboratory-confirmed with COVID-19, and a 6-year-old child had no evidence of infection. Amongst the 8 patients, one adult and one 13-month-old infant were asymptomatic, one adult was diagno...

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Main Authors: Chen, Xiaomin, Chen, Xueqin, Li, Guoxiang, Wang, Liping, Ma, Ada Hoi Yan, Yang, Naibin, Qian, Guoqing
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author Chen, Xiaomin
Chen, Xueqin
Li, Guoxiang
Wang, Liping
Ma, Ada Hoi Yan
Yang, Naibin
Qian, Guoqing
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Chen, Xueqin
Li, Guoxiang
Wang, Liping
Ma, Ada Hoi Yan
Yang, Naibin
Qian, Guoqing
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description We report a COVID-19 family cluster caused by a presymptomatic case. There were 9 family members, including 8 laboratory-confirmed with COVID-19, and a 6-year-old child had no evidence of infection. Amongst the 8 patients, one adult and one 13-month-old infant were asymptomatic, one adult was diagnosed as having severe pneumonia.
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spelling nottingham-605802020-05-12T00:46:30Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/60580/ COVID-19 transmission within a family cluster by presymptomatic carriers in China Chen, Xiaomin Chen, Xueqin Li, Guoxiang Wang, Liping Ma, Ada Hoi Yan Yang, Naibin Qian, Guoqing We report a COVID-19 family cluster caused by a presymptomatic case. There were 9 family members, including 8 laboratory-confirmed with COVID-19, and a 6-year-old child had no evidence of infection. Amongst the 8 patients, one adult and one 13-month-old infant were asymptomatic, one adult was diagnosed as having severe pneumonia. NLM (Medline) 2020-03-23 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc_by_nc_nd https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/60580/1/A%20COVID-19%20Transmission%20within%20a%20family%20cluster%20by%20presymptomatic%20infectors%20in%20China.pdf Chen, Xiaomin, Chen, Xueqin, Li, Guoxiang, Wang, Liping, Ma, Ada Hoi Yan, Yang, Naibin and Qian, Guoqing (2020) COVID-19 transmission within a family cluster by presymptomatic carriers in China. Clinical Infectious Diseases . ISSN 1058-4838 COVID-19; family cluster; presymptomatic carriers http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaa316 doi:10.1093/cid/ciaa316 doi:10.1093/cid/ciaa316
spellingShingle COVID-19; family cluster; presymptomatic carriers
Chen, Xiaomin
Chen, Xueqin
Li, Guoxiang
Wang, Liping
Ma, Ada Hoi Yan
Yang, Naibin
Qian, Guoqing
COVID-19 transmission within a family cluster by presymptomatic carriers in China
title COVID-19 transmission within a family cluster by presymptomatic carriers in China
title_full COVID-19 transmission within a family cluster by presymptomatic carriers in China
title_fullStr COVID-19 transmission within a family cluster by presymptomatic carriers in China
title_full_unstemmed COVID-19 transmission within a family cluster by presymptomatic carriers in China
title_short COVID-19 transmission within a family cluster by presymptomatic carriers in China
title_sort covid-19 transmission within a family cluster by presymptomatic carriers in china
topic COVID-19; family cluster; presymptomatic carriers
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/60580/
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https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/60580/