Indirect Virus Transmission in Cluster of COVID-19 Cases, Wenzhou, China, 2020

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Jing Cai · The University of Texas at Austin

Wenjie Sun · Florida International University

Jianping Huang · Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Michelle Gamber · Huashan Hospital

Jing Wu · Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Guiqing He · Huashan Hospital

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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COVID-19 epidemiological studies COVID-19 and Mental Health SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research

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Published in: Emerging infectious diseases

Volume 26, Issue 6, pp. 1343-1345

DOI: 10.3201/eid2606.200412

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Indirect Virus Transmission in Cluster of COVID-19 Cases, Wenzhou, China, 2020

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