ABSTRACT
We report a familial cluster of 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) to assess its potential transmission during the incubation period. The first patient in this familial cluster was identified during the presymptomatic period, as a close contact of a confirmed patient. Five family members had close contact with this first patient during his incubation period, with four of them confirmed positive for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in the subsequent sampling tests.
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Betacoronavirus , Coronavirus Infections/transmission , Infectious Disease Incubation Period , Pneumonia, Viral/transmission , Adult , Aged , COVID-19 , Child , Family , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Pandemics , SARS-CoV-2ABSTRACT
We report an asymptomatic child who was positive for a coronavirus by reverse transcription PCR in a stool specimen 17 days after the last virus exposure. The child was virus positive in stool specimens for at least an additional 9 days. Respiratory tract specimens were negative by reverse transcription PCR.