The transmission pattern and clinical course of the first 417 patients with COVID-19 infection in Shenzhen, China.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore the transmission patterns and clinical course of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) that was first identified in Wuhan, China in December 2019 as clustered and non-clustered cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) emerged in Shenzhen, China.

Methods

This retrospective study included the patients that were confirmed by laboratory detection of SARS-CoV-2 in Shenzen between 19 January 2020 and 21 February 2020. Data on the epidemiological and clinical characteristics were analysed. The patients were divided into non-clustered and clustered groups. The time course, intervals between first and second COVID-19 cases and other transmission patterns were compared between the groups.

Results

The 417 patients were divided into clus

SUBMITTER: Zheng Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10226298 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature