Postpandemic Testing of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 in the Huanan Seafood Market Area in Wuhan, China

Jingwen Li; Chengbi Wu; Xing Zhang; Lan Chen; Xinyi Wang; Xiuli Guan; Jinghong Li; Zhicheng Lin; Nian Xiong

doi:10.1093/cid/ciaa1043

Postpandemic Testing of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 in the Huanan Seafood Market Area in Wuhan, China

Clin Infect Dis. 2021 Jun 15;72(12):2203-2205. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1043.

Authors

Jingwen Li¹, Chengbi Wu², Xing Zhang³, Lan Chen⁴, Xinyi Wang¹, Xiuli Guan⁵, Jinghong Li⁶, Zhicheng Lin⁷, Nian Xiong^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
² Department of Clinical Laboratory, Wuhan Red Cross Hospital, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
³ Wuhan Red Cross Hospital, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
⁴ Hospital Infection Control Department, Wuhan Red Cross Hospital, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
⁵ Health Management Center, Wuhan Red Cross Hospital, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
⁶ Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA.
⁷ Laboratory of Psychiatric Neurogenomics, McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Belmont, Massachusetts, USA.

Abstract

Seventy-six days after the coronavirus disease 2019 epidemic was contained in Wuhan, the Chinese government carried out a citywide severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 nucleic acid testing initiative for all residents from 14 May to 1 June 2020. Our hospital tested 107 662 residents around Huanan seafood market, uncovering a positivity rate of 0.006%.

Keywords: COVID-19; Huanan seafood market; asymptomatic; infectious.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

COVID-19*
China / epidemiology
Humans
SARS-CoV-2*
Seafood