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. 2020 Dec;81(6):e22-e24.
doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2020.07.018. Epub 2020 Jul 22.

Prevalence and clinical characterization of cancer patients with asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection history

Jianping Bi  1 , Yongping Lin  2 , Ran Zhong  2 , Guowu Jiang  3 , Vivek Verma  1 , Hongwei Shi  1 , Jianfu Li  2 , Xianli Tong  3 , Yanping Li  1 , Desheng Hu  1 , Wenhua Liang  4 , Guang Han  5 , Jianxing He  2
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Prevalence and clinical characterization of cancer patients with asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection history

Jianping Bi et al. J Infect. 2020 Dec.

Abstract

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    We retrospectively studied the prevalence and clinical characterization of cancer patients with asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection history in the only cancer hospital in Wuhan.

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    Serosurvey of SARS-CoV-2 among hospital visitors from two hospitals, one at the epicenter in Wuhan, and one outside the epicenter, in Guangzhou.

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    Cancer patients are more likely to develop asymptomatic COVID-19 infection than persons with similar exposure history.

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    Transmissibility of asymptomatic cases is relatively low, even in vulnerable populations such as cancer patients.

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Declaration of Competing Interest All other authors declare no competing interests.

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Positive rate of SARS-CoV-2 IgM/IgG and proportion of IgM+, IgG+ and IgM+ IgG+ in different groups in Wuhan and Guangzhou.
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