Atypical COVID-19: Preventing transmission from unexpected cases

Angela Chow^{1

2}, Htet Lin Htun¹, Win Mar Kyaw¹, Hou Ang³, Glenn Tan⁴, Huei Nuo Tan⁵, Li Wearn Koh⁶, Bernard Yu-Hor Thong⁶, Brenda Ang^{2

7}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Office of Clinical Epidemiology, Analytics, and Knowledge (OCEAN), Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore.
² Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
³ Department of Emergency Medicine, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore.
⁴ Department of General Surgery, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore.
⁵ Department of Geriatric Medicine, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore.
⁶ Department of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore.
⁷ Department of Infectious Disease, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore.

Angela Chow et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2021 Sep.

. 2021 Sep;42(9):1146-1148.

doi: 10.1017/ice.2020.419. Epub 2020 Aug 13.

Angela Chow^{1

2}, Htet Lin Htun¹, Win Mar Kyaw¹, Hou Ang³, Glenn Tan⁴, Huei Nuo Tan⁵, Li Wearn Koh⁶, Bernard Yu-Hor Thong⁶, Brenda Ang^{2

7}

¹ Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Office of Clinical Epidemiology, Analytics, and Knowledge (OCEAN), Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore.
² Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
³ Department of Emergency Medicine, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore.
⁴ Department of General Surgery, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore.
⁵ Department of Geriatric Medicine, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore.
⁶ Department of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore.
⁷ Department of Infectious Disease, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore.

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Conflict of interest statement

All authors report no conflicts of interest relevant to this article.

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