Abstract:
:We report a family cluster of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection involving five patients in a family cluster in Dazhou, China, including the epidemiological, clinical, laboratory and radiological findings. Three-generation transmission was observed. Through epidemiological investigation, we observed asymptomatic transmission to a cohabiting family member, as well as person-to-person transmission of SARS-CoV-2 outside Wuhan city. The asymptomatic transmission demonstrated here provides evidence that there could be a greater risk of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) spread. This cluster also demonstrated that COVID-19 is transmissible during the incubation period of an asymptomatic person. Early isolation and treatment, stressing prevention of cluster outbreaks, could help prevent further spread of the epidemic.
journal_name
Epidemiol Infectjournal_title
Epidemiology and infectionauthors
Sun Y,Tian L,Du X,Wang H,Li Y,Wu Rdoi
10.1017/S0950268820001521subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2020-07-07 00:00:00pages
e145eissn
0950-2688issn
1469-4409pii
S0950268820001521journal_volume
148pub_type
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