Respiratory Research (Dec 2020)

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

  • Chaojie Wei,
  • Yufeng Yuan,
  • Zhenshun Cheng

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12931-020-01592-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 21, no. 1
pp. 1 – 3

Abstract

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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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