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Presumed Asymptomatic Carrier Transmission of COVID-19

Published time: 21 February 2020

Authors: Yan Bai, Lingsheng Yao, Tao Wei, Fei Tian, Dong-Yan Jin, Lijuan Chen, Meiyun Wang.

Keywords: Covid-19, computed tomography, RT-PCR


Abstract

A novel coronavirus has resulted in an ongoing outbreak of viral pneumonia in China.  Person-to-person transmission has been demonstrated,1 but, to our knowledge, transmission of the novel coronavirus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) from an asymptomatic carrier with normal chest computed tomography (CT) findings has not been reported.


Presumed Asymptomatic Carrier Transmission of COVID-19

 

Reference: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2762028

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