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Community Transmission via Indirect Media-To-Person Route: A Missing Link in the Rapid Spread of COVID-19.
Hu, Qunfang; He, Lei; Zhang, Ying.
  • Hu Q; Shanghai Institute of Disaster Prevention and Relief, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.
  • He L; College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.
  • Zhang Y; College of Environment and Resource, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, China.
Front Public Health ; 9: 687937, 2021.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1359258
ABSTRACT
To prevent the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), stringent quarantine measures have been implemented so that healthy people and virus carriers have isolated themselves in the same community owing to the limit capacity of healthcare facilities. With the exponential growth of the infected population, the residential environment is contaminated by fomites from the infected residents and consequently threating the health of susceptible residents. Till now, little has been acknowledged on this indirect transmission route and its role on community transmission. Here we address the impact of self-isolated virus carriers on the residential environment and elucidate the potential transmission pathways via contaminated environment in communities. We urge further investigation on the superspreading cases in communities and hope to arouse the attention to evaluate the potential risk of indirect transmission route as well as the corresponding control measures.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: COVID-19 Type of study: Experimental Studies / Observational study / Prognostic study Limits: Humans Language: English Journal: Front Public Health Year: 2021 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: Fpubh.2021.687937

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: COVID-19 Type of study: Experimental Studies / Observational study / Prognostic study Limits: Humans Language: English Journal: Front Public Health Year: 2021 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: Fpubh.2021.687937