Clinical Characteristics of 33 Asymptomatic COVID-19 Infections in Wuhan, China

Yuanyuan Chen; Xiaoping Chen; Linwei Wang; Ruiying Zheng

doi:10.3855/jidc.13222

Clinical Characteristics of 33 Asymptomatic COVID-19 Infections in Wuhan, China

Authors

Yuanyuan Chen Department of Radiation and Medical Oncology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University; Hubei Key Laboratory of Tumor Biological Behaviors; Hubei Cancer Clinical Study Center, Wuhan, China
Xiaoping Chen Department of Infectious Disease, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan China
Linwei Wang Department of Radiation and Medical Oncology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University; Hubei Key Laboratory of Tumor Biological Behaviors; Hubei Cancer Clinical Study Center, Wuhan, China
Ruiying Zheng Department of Infectious Disease, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan China

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3855/jidc.13222

Keywords:

Clinical characteristics, COVID-19, asymptomatic

Abstract

Clinical characteristics of 33 asymptomatic COVID-19 infections were analyzed in this study. The data showed most of asymptomatic patients had small body mass index, good prognosis and low infectivity. This study suggests that screening from high-risk populations to find and isolate asymptomatic patients is an important disease prevention and control strategy for COVID-19.

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2020-11-30

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Chen Y, Chen X, Wang L, Zheng R (2020) Clinical Characteristics of 33 Asymptomatic COVID-19 Infections in Wuhan, China. J Infect Dev Ctries 14:1252–1255. doi: 10.3855/jidc.13222

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Vol. 14 No. 11: November 2020

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Coronavirus Pandemic

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