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. 2020 Nov-Dec:38:101745.
doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2020.101745. Epub 2020 May 16.

A family cluster of COVID-19 involving an asymptomatic case with persistently positive SARS-CoV-2 in anal swabs

Rui Huang  1 , Haiyan Zhao  2 , Jian Wang  1 , Xiaomin Yan  1 , Huaping Shao  2 , Chao Wu  1
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A family cluster of COVID-19 involving an asymptomatic case with persistently positive SARS-CoV-2 in anal swabs

Rui Huang et al. Travel Med Infect Dis. 2020 Nov-Dec.
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Course of illness of a family cluster of patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection.
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