Social Distancing Alters the Clinical Course of COVID-19 in Young Adults: A Comparative Cohort Study

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Authors

Michel Bielecki · Zürich Airport (Switzerland)

Roland Züst · Spiez Laboratory

Denise Siegrist · Spiez Laboratory

Daniele Meyerhofer · Zürich Airport (Switzerland)

Giovanni Andrea Gerardo Crameri

Zeno Stanga · University of Bern

Andreas Stettbacher

Thomas Werner Buehrer

Abstract

Social distancing not only can slow the spread of SARS-CoV-2 in a cohort of young, healthy adults but it can also prevent the outbreak of COVID-19 while still inducing an immune response and colonizing nasal passages. Viral inoculum during infection or mode of transmission may be a key factor determining the clinical course of COVID-19.

Topics & Keywords

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

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volume 72, Issue 4, pp. 598-603

DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaa889

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