Indirect Virus Transmission in Cluster of COVID-19 Cases, Wenzhou, China, 2020
Jing Cai, Wenjie Sun, Jianping Huang, Michelle Gamber, Jing Wu, Guiqing He
Abstract
To determine possible modes of virus transmission, we investigated a cluster of coronavirus disease cases associated with a shopping mall in Wenzhou, China. Data indicated that indirect transmission of the causative virus occurred, perhaps resulting from virus contamination of common objects, virus aerosolization in a confined space, or spread from asymptomatic infected persons.
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Transmission (telecommunications)VirusVirologyCluster (spacecraft)Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)PandemicCoronavirusAsymptomatic2019-20 coronavirus outbreakChinaBiologyBetacoronavirusEbola virusOutbreakMedicineDiseaseGeographyInfectious disease (medical specialty)Computer scienceInternal medicineTelecommunicationsProgramming languageArchaeologyCOVID-19 epidemiological studiesCOVID-19 and Mental HealthSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research