Laboratory testing, prevention and control of asymptomatic carriers of coronavirus disease 2019
10.3760/cma.j.cn112150-20200610-00861
- VernacularTitle:新型冠状病毒无症状感染者的实验室检测及防控风险评估
- Author:
Ming GUAN
1
;
Wenjing WANG
;
Huiying WANG
Author Information
1. 复旦大学附属华山医院，上海 200040
- Keywords:
Coronavirus disease 2019;
Asymptomatic carriers;
Laboratory testing;
Risk assessment
- From:
Chinese Journal of Preventive Medicine
2020;54(12):1310-1314
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
With many hard efforts, the epidemic prevention and control work in China has borne successful, accelerating the gradual restoration of production, living order and routine medical work. However, there is increasing evidence that many patients with COVID-19 are asymptomatic, but they are potential transmitter of the virus. There are difficulties in screening for asymptomatic infections, which makes it more difficult for national prevention and control of this epidemic. Therefore, it is urgent to develop better screening and laboratory testing for asymptomatic infections with COVID-19 with high speed, sensitivity and specificity. It is also important to improve our risk assessment, prevention and control strategies to further prevent the spread of the epidemic.
