Person to person transmission of pneumonia associated with the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2): a familial cluster analysis in North Central Nigeria

Abstract

In the absence of a viable vaccines, limited diagnostic tools, insufficient protocol for isolation period, weak health care system in developing countries with Nigeria inclusive and inadequate specific potent treatment for pneumonia associated with Novel SARS-CoV-2 that was officially declared a global health emergency by World Health Organization (WHO) in January 2020. Exponential rise in cases of SARS-CoV-2 has been recorded in Nigeria on 27th February, 2020 with limited data on Person to Person transmission or nosocomial transmission.

Keywords

• covid-19
• transmission
• pneumonia
• viral shedding