Presumed Asymptomatic Carrier Transmission of COVID-19

Yan Bai; Lingsheng Yao; Tao Wei; Fei Tian; Dong-Yan Jin; Lijuan Chen; Meiyun Wang

doi:10.1001/jama.2020.2565

Presumed Asymptomatic Carrier Transmission of COVID-19

JAMA. 2020 Apr 14;323(14):1406-1407. doi: 10.1001/jama.2020.2565.

Authors

Yan Bai¹, Lingsheng Yao², Tao Wei³, Fei Tian⁴, Dong-Yan Jin⁵, Lijuan Chen¹, Meiyun Wang¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medical Imaging, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, Zhengzhou, Henan, China.
² Department of Radiology, Anyang Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Anyang, Henan, China.
³ Department of Radiology and Interventional, the Fifth People's Hospital of Anyang, Anyang, Henan, China.
⁴ Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, Tianjin, China.
⁵ Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China.

Abstract

This study describes possible transmission of novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) from an asymptomatic Wuhan resident to 5 family members in Anyang, a Chinese city in the neighboring province of Hubei.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Asymptomatic Infections*
Betacoronavirus
COVID-19
Carrier State / virology
China
Coronavirus Infections / diagnostic imaging
Coronavirus Infections / transmission*
Female
Humans
Middle Aged
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral / diagnostic imaging
Pneumonia, Viral / transmission*
SARS-CoV-2
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Young Adult