A super-spreader of SARS-CoV-2 in incubation period among health-care workers

Respir Res. 2020 Dec 10;21(1):327. doi: 10.1186/s12931-020-01592-w.

Abstract

Since the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) identified in Wuhan, Hubei, China in December 2019, it has been characterized as a pandemic by World Health Organization (WHO). It was reported that asymptomatic persons are potential sources of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. We present an outbreak among health-care workers incited by a doctor who cared a patient with COVID-19 in a Hospital in Wuhan, Hubei, China, which indicates existence of super-spreader even during incubation period.

Keywords: Coronavirus disease 2019; Health-care workers; Super-spreader.

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • COVID-19 / diagnosis
  • COVID-19 / transmission*
  • COVID-19 / virology
  • Carrier State*
  • China
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infectious Disease Incubation Period*
  • Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional*
  • Inhalation Exposure / adverse effects*
  • Occupational Exposure / adverse effects*
  • SARS-CoV-2 / pathogenicity*
  • Time Factors
  • Virulence