COVID-19 Transmission Within a Family Cluster by Presymptomatic Carriers in China

Qian, Guoqing; Yang, Naibin; Ma, Ada; Wang, Liping; Li, Guoxiang; Chen, Xueqin; Chen, Xueqin; Chen, Xiaomin; Chen, Xiaomin

doi:10.1093/cid/ciaa316

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COVID-19 Transmission Within a Family Cluster by Presymptomatic Carriers in China

Published in Clinical Infectious Diseases • Mar 20, 2020

Authors:

Guoqing Qian

Naibin Yang

Ada Ma

Abstract

We report a family cluster of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) 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. Among the 8 patients, 1 adult and a 13-month-old infant were asymptomat...

Subject

Medicine

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)

2019-20 coronavirus outbreak

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