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SUBMITTER: Chu VT
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7392438 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Emerging infectious diseases 20200529 8
We describe the contact investigation for an early confirmed case of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), in the United States. Contacts of the case-patient were identified, actively monitored for symptoms, interviewed for a detailed exposure history, and tested for SARS-CoV-2 infection by real-time reverse transcription PCR (rRT-PCR) and ELISA. Fifty contacts were identified and 38 (76%) were interviewed, of whom 11 (29%) report ...[more]