Clinical Characteristics of Asymptomatic Patients with SARS-CoV-2 in Zhejiang: An Imperceptible Source of Infection.

Conclusions: Asymptomatic patients are also infectious; relying only on clinical symptoms, blood cell tests, and radiology examination will lead to misdiagnosis of most patients, leading to the spread of the virus. Investigation of medical history is the best strategy for screening asymptomatic patients, especially young people, women, and people without coexisting disease, who are more likely to be asymptomatic when infected. Although the prognosis is good, isolation is critical for asymptomatic patients, and it is important not to end isolation early before a nucleic acid test turns negative.
PMID: 33005276 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Respiratory Care - October 4, 2020 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Dai W, Chen X, Xu X, Leng Z, Yu W, Lin H, Li H, Lin J, Qiu Z, Dai Y Tags: Can Respir J Source Type: research