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

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 a...

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Published in:Clinical infectious diseases 2020-07, Vol.71 (15), p.861-862
Main Authors: Qian, Guoqing, Yang, Naibin, Ma, Ada Hoi Yan, Wang, Liping, Li, Guoxiang, Chen, Xueqin, Chen, Xiaomin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Asymptomatic Infections
Betacoronavirus - pathogenicity
Brief Reports
Child
China
Coronavirus Infections - transmission
Coronavirus Infections - virology
COVID-19
Female
Humans
Infant
Male
Middle Aged
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral - transmission
Pneumonia, Viral - virology
SARS-CoV-2
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Summary: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 asymptomatic, and 1 adult was diagnosed as having severe pneumonia.
ISSN:1058-4838
1537-6591
DOI:10.1093/cid/ciaa316