Presumed Asymptomatic Carrier Transmission of COVID-19
Yan Bai, MD; Lingsheng Yao, MD; Tao Wei, MD; et al
JAMA. Published online February 21, 2020. doi:10.1001/jama.2020.2565
COVID-19 Resource Center
A novel coronavirus has resulted in an ongoing outbreak of viral pneumonia in China.1-3 Person-to-person transmission has been demonstrated,1 but, to our knowledge, transmission of the novel coronavirus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) from an asymptomatic carrier with normal chest computed tomography (CT) findings has not been reported.