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The Prevalence and Clinical Significance of Presymptomatic COVID-19 Patients: How We Can be One Step Ahead in Mitigating a Deadly Pandemic
2020-09-18
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<title>Abstract</title> <p>Presymptomatic COVID-19 patients have been identified as a major stumbling block in efforts to break the chain of transmission. Studies on temporal dynamics of its shedding suggests it peaks 1-2 days prior to any symptom onset. Therefore, a large proportion of patients are actively spreading the disease unknowingly whilst undetected. However, lengthy lockdowns and isolation leads to a h...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 4a6dd2e3-8e37-533f-8cf6-1f165fb4486c
- DOI
- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-60558/v1
