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Alert for non‐respiratory symptoms of coronavirus disease 2019 patients in epidemic period: A case report of familial cluster with three asymptomatic COVID‐19 patients
Author(s) -
Lu Shubiao,
Lin Jinsong,
Zhang Zhiqiao,
Xiao Liping,
Jiang Zhijian,
Chen Jia,
Hu Chongjing,
Luo Shi
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of medical virology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782
H-Index - 121
eISSN - 1096-9071
pISSN - 0146-6615
DOI - 10.1002/jmv.25776
Subject(s) - asymptomatic , asymptomatic carrier , epidemiology , cluster (spacecraft) , medicine , covid-19 , disease , coronavirus , pediatrics , virology , intensive care medicine , infectious disease (medical specialty) , computer science , programming language
At present, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) is rampaging around the world. However, asymptomatic carriers intensified the difficulty of prevention and management. Here we reported the screening, clinical features, and treatment process of a family cluster involving three COVID‐19 patients. The discovery of the first asymptomatic carrier in this family cluster depends on the repeated and comprehensive epidemiological investigation by disease control experts. In addition, the combination of multiple detection methods can help clinicians find asymptomatic carriers as early as possible. In conclusion, the prevention and control experience of this family cluster showed that comprehensive rigorous epidemiological investigation and combination of multiple detection methods were of great value for the detection of hidden asymptomatic carriers.