Transmission of 2019-nCoV Infection from an Asymptomatic Contact in Germany

Abstract

2019-nCoV Transmission from Asymptomatic Patient In this report, investigators in Germany detected the spread of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) from a person who had recently traveled from China...

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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)AsymptomaticTransmission (telecommunications)2019-20 coronavirus outbreakContact tracingCoronavirusBetacoronavirusPandemicVirologyMedicineTelecommunicationsPathologyComputer scienceOutbreakInfectious disease (medical specialty)

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Publication Info

Year: 2020
Type: letter
Volume: 382
Issue: 10
Pages: 970-971
Citations: 4441
Access: Closed

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                                    Camilla Rothe, 
                                
                                    Mirjam Schunk, 
                                
                                    Peter Sothmann
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2020). 
                            Transmission of 2019-nCoV Infection from an Asymptomatic Contact in Germany. 
                            New England Journal of Medicine
                            , 382
                            (10)
                            , 970-971.
                            https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmc2001468
                        

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DOI: 10.1056/nejmc2001468