Back to Search Start Over

A familial cluster of pneumonia associated with the 2019 novel coronavirus indicating person-to-person transmission: a study of a family cluster

Authors :
Chan, Jasper Fuk-Woo
Yuan, Shuofeng
Kok, Kin-Hang
To, Kelvin Kai-Wang
Chu, Hin
Yang, Jin
Xing, Fanfan
Liu, Jieling
Yip, Cyril Chik-Yan
Poon, Rosana Wing-Shan
Tsoi, Hoi-Wah
Lo, Simon Kam-Fai
Chan, Kwok-Hung
Poon, Vincent Kwok-Man
Chan, Wan-Mui
Ip, Jonathan Daniel
Cai, Jian-Piao
Cheng, Vincent Chi-Chung
Chen, Honglin
Hui, Christopher Kim-Ming
Yuen, Kwok-Yung
Source :
The Lancet; February 2020, Vol. 395 Issue: 10223 p514-523, 10p
Publication Year :
2020

Abstract

An ongoing outbreak of pneumonia associated with a novel coronavirus was reported in Wuhan city, Hubei province, China. Affected patients were geographically linked with a local wet market as a potential source. No data on person-to-person or nosocomial transmission have been published to date.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
01406736 and 1474547X
Volume :
395
Issue :
10223
Database :
Supplemental Index
Journal :
The Lancet
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
ejs52171175
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30154-9