[Investigation on two family clusters of COVID-19 in a county of Baotou city in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region].
Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi
; 41(8): 1210-1213, 2020 Aug 10.
Article
in Chinese
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-738429
ABSTRACT
Objective:
To investigate the epidemiological characteristics and transmission chain of COVID-19 in two families, and to provide scientific evidence for effective prevention and control measures.Methods:
Field epidemiological investigation was conducted for the COVID-19 cases occurred in two families and the close contacts in a county of Baotou city in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Descriptive statistical analysis on epidemiological data was conducted.Results:
The infection source of the COVID-19 cases in the two families was a man who had living history in Wuhan. After his return, his parents were infected by him. A few days later, the members of a neighbor family were found to be infected, and relatives of this family were also infected after dining together repeatedly. Finally, ten confirmed cases and three suspected cases of COVID-19 were detected in the two families.Conclusions:
Human-to-human transmission of COVID-19 can occur not only in a family but also in neighborhoods. The cases in two families had close relationship, indicating the necessity to strengthen the health education about COVID-19 prevention and control and the management of groups at high risk to reduce the incidence of COVID-19 in families and neighborhoods.Keywords
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Family
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Coronavirus Infections
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Community-Acquired Infections
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Pandemics
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Betacoronavirus
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Randomized controlled trials
Limits:
Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
Chinese
Journal:
Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Cma.j.cn112338-20200305-00261
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