COVID-19 Transmission Within a Family Cluster in Yancheng, China

Hongming Zhang; Runzhe Chen; Runzhe Chen; Jibei Chen; Baoan Chen

doi:10.3389/fmed.2020.00387

Frontiers in Medicine (Jul 2020)

COVID-19 Transmission Within a Family Cluster in Yancheng, China

Hongming Zhang,
Runzhe Chen,
Runzhe Chen,
Jibei Chen,
Baoan Chen

Affiliations

Hongming Zhang: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Yancheng Third People's Hospital, The Affiliated Yancheng Hospital of Southeast University Medical College, Yancheng, China
Runzhe Chen: Department of Hematology and Oncology, Medical School, Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
Runzhe Chen: Department of Thoracic/Head & Neck Medical Oncology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States
Jibei Chen: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Yancheng Third People's Hospital, The Affiliated Yancheng Hospital of Southeast University Medical College, Yancheng, China
Baoan Chen: Department of Hematology and Oncology, Medical School, Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University, Nanjing, China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2020.00387
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7

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We report the clinical features of novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in a family setting of 13 people with person-to-person transmission in Yancheng, Jiangsu Province, China.

Published in Frontiers in Medicine

ISSN: 2296-858X (Online)
Publisher: Frontiers Media S.A.
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General)
Website: http://www.frontiersin.org/journals/medicine

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