Enhanced contact investigations for nine early travel-related cases of SARS-CoV-2 in the United States.

ABSTRACT: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the respiratory disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), was first identified in Wuhan, China and has since become pandemic. In response to the first cases identified in the United States, close contacts of confirmed COVID-19 cases were investigated to enable early identification and isolation of additional cases and to learn more about risk factors for transmission. Close contacts of nine early travel-related cases in the United States were identified and monitored daily for development of symptoms (active monitoring). Selected close contacts (including those with exposures categorized as higher risk) were targeted for collection of additional exposure information and respiratory samples. Respiratory samples were

SUBMITTER: Burke RM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7467265 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature