Transmission of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 to Close Contacts, China, January–February 2020

We estimated the symptomatic, PCR-confirmed secondary attack rate (SAR) for 2,382 close contacts of 476 symptomatic persons with coronavirus disease in Yichang, Hubei Province, China, identified during January 23–February 25, 2020. The SAR among all close contacts was 6.5%; among close contacts who...

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Main Authors: Yu Li, Jianhua Liu, Zhongcheng Yang, Jianxing Yu, Chengzhong Xu, Aiqin Zhu, Hao Zhang, Xiaokun Yang, Xin Zhao, Minrui Ren, Zhili Li, Jinzhao Cui, Hongting Zhao, Xiang Ren, Chengxi Sun, Ying Cheng, Qiulan Chen, Zhaorui Chang, Junling Sun, Lance E. Rodewald, Liping Wang, Luzhao Feng, George F. Gao, Zijian Feng, Zhongjie Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2021-09-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/27/9/20-2035_article