Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection: the tip or the iceberg?

Alexander J Keeley^{1

2

3}, Cariad M Evans^{2

3}, Thushan I de Silva^{4

2}

Affiliations

¹ South Yorkshire Regional Department of Infection and Tropical Medicine, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, UK.
² Department of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
³ Department of Virology, Laboratory Medicine, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, UK.
⁴ South Yorkshire Regional Department of Infection and Tropical Medicine, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, UK t.desilva@sheffield.ac.uk.

Comment

Alexander J Keeley et al. Thorax. 2020 Aug.

. 2020 Aug;75(8):621-622.

doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2020-215337. Epub 2020 Jun 24.

Alexander J Keeley^{1

2

3}, Cariad M Evans^{2

3}, Thushan I de Silva^{4

2}

¹ South Yorkshire Regional Department of Infection and Tropical Medicine, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, UK.
² Department of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
³ Department of Virology, Laboratory Medicine, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, UK.
⁴ South Yorkshire Regional Department of Infection and Tropical Medicine, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, UK t.desilva@sheffield.ac.uk.

No abstract available

Keywords: clinical epidemiology; infection control; respiratory infection; viral infection.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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