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Asymptomatic Transmission, the Achilles’ Heel of Current Strategies to Control Covid-19

Monica Gandhi, Deborah S. Yokoe, Diane V. Havlir

2020New England Journal of Medicine1,230 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Abstract

Traditional infection-control and public health strategies rely heavily on early detection of disease to contain spread. When Covid-19 burst onto the global scene, public health officials initially...

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