Presumed Asymptomatic Carrier Transmission of COVID-19

• Published in: JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association Vol. 323; no. 14; pp. 1406 - 1407
• Main Authors: Bai, Yan, Yao, Lingsheng, Wei, Tao, Tian, Fei, Jin, Dong-Yan, Chen, Lijuan, Wang, Meiyun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Medical Association 14.04.2020
• Subjects: Adult; Asymptomatic; Asymptomatic Infections; Betacoronavirus; Carrier State - virology; China; Coronavirus Infections - diagnostic imaging; Coronavirus Infections - transmission; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; Disease transmission; Female; Humans; Letter; Letters; Middle Aged; Online First; Pandemics; Pneumonia, Viral - diagnostic imaging; Pneumonia, Viral - transmission; Research Letter; SARS-CoV-2; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Viral diseases; Young Adult; China

This study describes possible transmission of novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) from an asymptomatic Wuhan resident to 5 family members in Anyang, a Chinese city in the neighboring province of Hubei.