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Case Reports
. 2021 Jan;93(1):518-521.
doi: 10.1002/jmv.25776. Epub 2020 Sep 28.

Alert for non-respiratory symptoms of coronavirus disease 2019 patients in epidemic period: A case report of familial cluster with three asymptomatic COVID-19 patients

Shubiao Lu  1 , Jinsong Lin  1 , Zhiqiao Zhang  1 , Liping Xiao  2 , Zhijian Jiang  1 , Jia Chen  1 , Chongjing Hu  1 , Shi Luo  3
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Alert for non-respiratory symptoms of coronavirus disease 2019 patients in epidemic period: A case report of familial cluster with three asymptomatic COVID-19 patients

Shubiao Lu et al. J Med Virol. 2021 Jan.

Abstract

At present, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is rampaging around the world. However, asymptomatic carriers intensified the difficulty of prevention and management. Here we reported the screening, clinical features, and treatment process of a family cluster involving three COVID-19 patients. The discovery of the first asymptomatic carrier in this family cluster depends on the repeated and comprehensive epidemiological investigation by disease control experts. In addition, the combination of multiple detection methods can help clinicians find asymptomatic carriers as early as possible. In conclusion, the prevention and control experience of this family cluster showed that comprehensive rigorous epidemiological investigation and combination of multiple detection methods were of great value for the detection of hidden asymptomatic carriers.

Keywords: COVID-19; family cluster; incubation period.

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