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Case Reports
. 2020 Apr 14;323(14):1406-1407.
doi: 10.1001/jama.2020.2565.

Presumed Asymptomatic Carrier Transmission of COVID-19

Yan Bai  1 , Lingsheng Yao  2 , Tao Wei  3 , Fei Tian  4 , Dong-Yan Jin  5 , Lijuan Chen  1 , Meiyun Wang  1
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Case Reports

Presumed Asymptomatic Carrier Transmission of COVID-19

Yan Bai et al. JAMA. .

Abstract

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.

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Conflict of Interest Disclosures: None reported.

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Figure.
Figure.. Timeline of Exposure to the Asymptomatic Carrier of the Novel Coronavirus That Causes COVID-19 in a Familial Cluster
PCR indicates polymerase chain reaction test for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) nucleic acid.
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Comment in

  • doi: 10.1001/jama.2020.3980

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