Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 among Asymptomatic Workers Screened for Work Resumption, China

After the outbreak in Wuhan, China, we assessed 29,299 workers screened for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 by reverse transcription PCR. We noted 18 (0.061%) cases of asymptomatic infection; 13 turned negative within 8.0 days, and 41 close contacts tested negative. Among 6 contacts who had serologic tests, none were positive.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:26

Enthalten in:

Emerging infectious diseases - 26(2020), 9 vom: 20. Sept.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Han, Xiaoyu [VerfasserIn]
Wei, Xiong [VerfasserIn]
Alwalid, Osamah [VerfasserIn]
Cao, Yukun [VerfasserIn]
Li, Yumin [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Li [VerfasserIn]
Shi, Heshui [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antibodies, Viral
COVID-19
China
Coronavirus
Coronavirus disease
Letter
Respiratory infections
SARS
SARS-CoV-2
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
Viruses
Wuhan
Zoonoses

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Date Completed 31.08.2020

Date Revised 18.12.2020

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3201/eid2609.201848

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM311318320