SARS-CoV-2 transmission from people without COVID-19 symptoms

MA Johansson, TM Quandelacy, S Kada… - JAMA network …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the etiology of
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), is readily transmitted person to person. Optimal …

[HTML][HTML] Occurrence and transmission potential of asymptomatic and presymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections: A living systematic review and meta-analysis

D Buitrago-Garcia, D Egli-Gany, MJ Counotte… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Background There is disagreement about the level of asymptomatic severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. We conducted a living systematic review …

[HTML][HTML] Evidence supporting transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 while presymptomatic or asymptomatic

NW Furukawa, JT Brooks, J Sobel - Emerging infectious diseases, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Recent epidemiologic, virologic, and modeling reports support the possibility of severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) transmission from persons who are …

[HTML][HTML] Occurrence and transmission potential of asymptomatic and presymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections: update of a living systematic review and meta-analysis

D Buitrago-Garcia, AM Ipekci, L Heron, H Imeri… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background Debate about the level of asymptomatic Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection continues. The amount of evidence is increasing and …

[HTML][HTML] The role of asymptomatic and pre-symptomatic infection in SARS-CoV-2 transmission—a living systematic review

X Qiu, AI Nergiz, AE Maraolo, II Bogoch, N Low… - Clinical microbiology …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Reports suggest that asymptomatic individuals (those with no symptoms at all
throughout infection) with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) …

The natural history and transmission potential of asymptomatic severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection

N Van Vinh Chau, VT Lam, NT Dung… - Clinical Infectious …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Background Little is known about the natural history of asymptomatic severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. Methods We conducted a …

[HTML][HTML] The role of asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections: rapid living systematic review and meta-analysis

DC Buitrago-Garcia, D Egli-Gany, MJ Counotte… - MedRxiv, 2020 - medrxiv.org
Background There is substantial disagreement about the level of asymptomatic severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in a population. The …

SARS-CoV-2 viral load is associated with risk of transmission to household and community contacts

D Bhavnani, ER James, KE Johnson… - BMC Infectious …, 2022 - Springer
Background Factors that lead to successful SARS-CoV-2 transmission are still not well
described. We investigated the association between a case's viral load and the risk of …

The duration of infectiousness of individuals infected with SARS-CoV-2

KA Walsh, S Spillane, L Comber, K Cardwell… - Journal of Infection, 2020 - Elsevier
Objectives To summarise the evidence on the duration of infectiousness of individuals in
whom SARS-CoV-2 ribonucleic acid is detected. Methods A rapid review was undertaken in …

Estimating pre-symptomatic transmission of COVID-19: a secondary analysis using published data

M Casey, J Griffin, CG McAloon, AW Byrne, JM Madden… - MedRxiv, 2020 - medrxiv.org
Background Understanding the extent of virus transmission that can occur before symptom
onset is vital for targeting control measures against the global pandemic of COVID-19 …