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Open Access 01-12-2020 | SARS-CoV-2 | Letter to the Editor

A super-spreader of SARS-CoV-2 in incubation period among health-care workers

Authors: Chaojie Wei, Yufeng Yuan, Zhenshun Cheng

Published in: Respiratory Research | Issue 1/2020

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Abstract

Since the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) identified in Wuhan, Hubei, China in December 2019, it has been characterized as a pandemic by World Health Organization (WHO). It was reported that asymptomatic persons are potential sources of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. We present an outbreak among health-care workers incited by a doctor who cared a patient with COVID-19 in a Hospital in Wuhan, Hubei, China, which indicates existence of super-spreader even during incubation period.
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Title
A super-spreader of SARS-CoV-2 in incubation period among health-care workers
Authors
Chaojie Wei
Yufeng Yuan
Zhenshun Cheng
Publication date
01-12-2020
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Respiratory Research / Issue 1/2020
Electronic ISSN: 1465-993X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12931-020-01592-w

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