Nature Communications (Nov 2020)
Post-lockdown SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid screening in nearly ten million residents of Wuhan, China
- Shiyi Cao,
- Yong Gan,
- Chao Wang,
- Max Bachmann,
- Shanbo Wei,
- Jie Gong,
- Yuchai Huang,
- Tiantian Wang,
- Liqing Li,
- Kai Lu,
- Heng Jiang,
- Yanhong Gong,
- Hongbin Xu,
- Xin Shen,
- Qingfeng Tian,
- Chuanzhu Lv,
- Fujian Song,
- Xiaoxv Yin,
- Zuxun Lu
Affiliations
- Shiyi Cao
- Department of Social Medicine and Health Management, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
- Yong Gan
- Department of Social Medicine and Health Management, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
- Chao Wang
- Department of Social Medicine and Health Management, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
- Max Bachmann
- Norwich Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, University of East Anglia
- Shanbo Wei
- Wuhan Municipal Health Commission
- Jie Gong
- Wuhan Centre for Clinical Laboratory
- Yuchai Huang
- Department of Social Medicine and Health Management, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
- Tiantian Wang
- Department of Social Medicine and Health Management, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
- Liqing Li
- Department of Management Science and Engineering, School of Economics and Management, Jiangxi Science and Technology Normal University
- Kai Lu
- Tongji Hospital, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
- Heng Jiang
- Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, School of Psychology and Public Health, La Trobe University
- Yanhong Gong
- Department of Social Medicine and Health Management, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
- Hongbin Xu
- Department of Social Medicine and Health Management, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
- Xin Shen
- Department of Social Medicine and Health Management, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
- Qingfeng Tian
- School of Public Health, Zhengzhou University
- Chuanzhu Lv
- Department of Emergency, Hainan Clinical Research Centre for Acute and Critical Diseases, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University
- Fujian Song
- Norwich Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, University of East Anglia
- Xiaoxv Yin
- Department of Social Medicine and Health Management, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
- Zuxun Lu
- Department of Social Medicine and Health Management, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19802-w
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 11,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 7
Abstract
Large-scale population screening can provide insights to levels of ongoing SARS-CoV-2 transmission. Here, the authors report a citywide screening of ~10,000,000 residents of Wuhan and show that SARS-CoV-2 infection prevalence was very low five to eight weeks after the end of lockdown.
