Community Transmission of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2, Shenzhen, China, 2020

• Published in: Emerging infectious diseases Vol. 26; no. 6; pp. 1320 - 1323
• Main Authors: Liu, Jiaye, Liao, Xuejiao, Qian, Shen, Yuan, Jing, Wang, Fuxiang, Liu, Yingxia, Wang, Zhaoqin, Wang, Fu-Sheng, Liu, Lei, Zhang, Zheng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01.06.2020; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Subjects: 2019 novel coronavirus; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Betacoronavirus; Child; Child, Preschool; China - epidemiology; community transmission; Community Transmission of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2, Shenzhen, China, 2020; Coronavirus Infections - transmission; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; Disease transmission; Dispatch; Epidemics; epidemiologic; Epidemiology; Female; Health aspects; Hospitals; Humans; Illnesses; Infant; Infection; Infectious Disease Incubation Period; Laboratories; Male; Middle Aged; Nosocomial infections; Pandemics; Patients; Pneumonia; Pneumonia, Viral - transmission; SARS-CoV-2; Severe acute respiratory syndrome; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; severe respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Young Adult; China; Shenzhen China; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; viruses; 2019 novel coronavirus; China; coronavirus; severe respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; respiratory infections; Shenzhen; community transmission; epidemiologic

Since early January 2020, after the outbreak of coronavirus infection in Wuhan, China, ≈365 confirmed cases have been reported in Shenzhen, China. The mode of community and intrafamily transmission is threatening residents in Shenzhen. Strategies to strengthen prevention and interruption of these tr...