Viral transmission in asymptomatic cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection

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¹ Centre de Médecine Physique et de Réadaptation, 93000 Bobigny Cedex, France; Université de Paris, IAME, INSERM, UMR 1137, F-75018 Paris, France; Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, F-93000 Bobigny, France; AP-HP, Hôpital Avicenne, service de Microbiologie Clinique, F-93000 Bobigny, France.
² Centre de Médecine Physique et de Réadaptation, 93000 Bobigny Cedex, France; Université de Paris, IAME, INSERM, UMR 1137, F-75018 Paris, France; Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, F-93000 Bobigny, France; AP-HP, Hôpital Avicenne, service de Microbiologie Clinique, F-93000 Bobigny, France. Electronic address: jeanralph.zahar@aphp.fr.

Isabelle Grall et al. J Infect. 2021 Feb.

. 2021 Feb;82(2):282-327.

doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2020.08.044. Epub 2020 Aug 29.

¹ Centre de Médecine Physique et de Réadaptation, 93000 Bobigny Cedex, France; Université de Paris, IAME, INSERM, UMR 1137, F-75018 Paris, France; Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, F-93000 Bobigny, France; AP-HP, Hôpital Avicenne, service de Microbiologie Clinique, F-93000 Bobigny, France.
² Centre de Médecine Physique et de Réadaptation, 93000 Bobigny Cedex, France; Université de Paris, IAME, INSERM, UMR 1137, F-75018 Paris, France; Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, F-93000 Bobigny, France; AP-HP, Hôpital Avicenne, service de Microbiologie Clinique, F-93000 Bobigny, France. Electronic address: jeanralph.zahar@aphp.fr.

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Incidence of spread of clinically relevant SARS-CoV2 infection between children in a tertiary emergency department: An evaluation.
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SARS-CoV-2 has been circulating in northeastern Brazil since February 2020: evidence for antibody detection in asymptomatic patients.
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