A systematic review of asymptomatic infections with COVID-19

By Zhiru Gao, Yinghui Xu, Chao Sun, Xu Wang, Ye Guo, S. Qiu, K. Ma. Journal of microbiology, immunology, and infection = Wei mian yu gan ran za zhi, 2020

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Since the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in late December 2019, it has brought significant harm and challenges to over 200 countries and regions around the world. However, there is increasing evidence that many patients with COVID-19 are asymptomatic or have only mild symptoms, but they are able to transmit the virus to others. There are difficulties in screening for asymptomatic infections, which makes it more difficult for national prevention and control of this epidemic. This article reviews the characteristics, treatment, and outcomes of asymptomatic infections with COVID-19, hoping it would be helpful for early prevention and control of this severe public health threat worldwide.

Subfields: Infectious Diseases

View Paper: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/0de1631be711d0254dc1d1659aebc97a96fd65ec

Citations in the corpus

• Aging in COVID-19: Vulnerability, immunity and intervention (2020, neutral): “Some people may not have any clinical manifestation at all after SARS-CoV-2 infection (Gao et al., 2020; Wiersinga et al., 2020).”