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Editor, Senior Moderator
Int J Infect Dis. 2020 Mar 16. pii: S1201-9712(20)30146-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.03.027. [Epub ahead of print]
Transmission of COVID-19 in the terminal stage of incubation period: a familial cluster.
Li P[SUP]1[/SUP], Fu JB[SUP]2[/SUP], Li KF[SUP]3[/SUP], Chen Y[SUP]4[/SUP], Wang HL[SUP]5[/SUP], Liu LJ[SUP]6[/SUP], Liu JN[SUP]7[/SUP], Zhang YL[SUP]8[/SUP], Liu SL[SUP]9[/SUP], Tang A[SUP]10[/SUP], Tong ZD[SUP]11[/SUP], Yan JB[SUP]12[/SUP].
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Abstract
We report a familial cluster of 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) to evidence that a potential transmission of the COVID-19 during the incubation period. The first patient in this familial cluster was identified in presymptomatic period, as a close contact of a confirmed patient. Five family members had close contact with the first patient during his incubation period, four of them were confirmed to the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in the subsequent sampling test.
Copyright ? 2020 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.
KEYWORDS:
COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; cluster; incubation period
PMID:32194239DOI:10.1016/j.ijid.2020.03.027
Transmission of COVID-19 in the terminal stage of incubation period: a familial cluster.
Li P[SUP]1[/SUP], Fu JB[SUP]2[/SUP], Li KF[SUP]3[/SUP], Chen Y[SUP]4[/SUP], Wang HL[SUP]5[/SUP], Liu LJ[SUP]6[/SUP], Liu JN[SUP]7[/SUP], Zhang YL[SUP]8[/SUP], Liu SL[SUP]9[/SUP], Tang A[SUP]10[/SUP], Tong ZD[SUP]11[/SUP], Yan JB[SUP]12[/SUP].
Author information
Abstract
We report a familial cluster of 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) to evidence that a potential transmission of the COVID-19 during the incubation period. The first patient in this familial cluster was identified in presymptomatic period, as a close contact of a confirmed patient. Five family members had close contact with the first patient during his incubation period, four of them were confirmed to the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in the subsequent sampling test.
Copyright ? 2020 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.
KEYWORDS:
COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; cluster; incubation period
PMID:32194239DOI:10.1016/j.ijid.2020.03.027