asymptomatic

Coronavirus symptoms do not have to be present for a person to be contagious. Asymptomatic carriers can shed the virus, which means they can eject infectious particles that contain the pathogen. A new study revealed that an asymptomatic carrier placed in isolation in China spread the virus to objects in the room. This is proof…

Asymptomatic coronavirus patients have a weaker immune response to the virus, according to a China study.The findings of the study, which has not been throgh a rigorous peer review process, were published on the pre-print website medRxiv.Scientists examined the blood samples of 1,470 COVID-19 patients in three hospitals in Wuhan, China, the first epicenter of…

The World Health Organization on Tuesday attempted to clarify comments made just 24 hours earlier that transmission of the novel coronavirus in carriers who don’t show apparent symptoms happened in “very rare” cases. Maria Van Kerkhove said it was a “misunderstanding to state that asymptomatic transmission globally is very rare,” and that her comments during…

A statement from a World Health Organization (WHO) official this week about coronavirus transmission by asymptomatic individuals being “very rare” was “not correct,” said America’s leading infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci.“We know from epidemiological studies they can transmit to someone who is uninfected even when they're without symptoms," Fauci, the director of the National Institute…

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