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InTheBlack · 02-21-2020, 16:14

Remember when parents had "measles parties" to make sure that their kid got the measles done with, so it didn't infect them later as an adult? Maybe we should be culturing the virus from people who don't show symptoms...

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle...=2286507&faf=1

Silent COVID-19 Cases May Stymie Screening Efforts
Brenda Goodman
February 20, 2020

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The researchers tested 126 people who were returning to Germany after recent travel from China. On the flight, 10 people were isolated because they were at high risk of being infected — some had symptoms, and others had contact with people who were infected.

As soon as the plane touched down, these 10 passengers were taken to a hospital and tested for the virus. None were positive.

Doctors examined the rest of the passengers at a medical assessment center at the airport. One passenger had a fever, a hard time breathing, and a cough. He was also tested, and was negative for the virus.

In a last step, researchers offered testing to the remaining 115 people who were on board the plane and who had passed their screening checks.

In a surprise twist, two of these seemingly healthy passengers tested positive for the virus. Two different labs confirmed their test results.

The passengers who tested positive were whisked to a hospital, where an exam showed that one had a very slight sore throat and a faint rash. Both remained well and never ran a fever in the week after they were admitted to the hospital.

More worrisome, when the virus that was isolated from the two passengers was placed in a test tube with healthy cells, it was able to infect them. That means it's possible they could have passed the disease on to others, even when they had few to no symptoms themselves.

"We do not yet know if they could have infected other people, but that is conceivable," says Sandra Ciesek, MD, head of the Institute of Medical Virology at the University Hospital Frankfurt. She says there's no evidence that they did.
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The New England Journal of Medicine: "Evidence of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Returning Travelers from Wuhan, China."

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InTheBlack BANNED USER Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 249	Remember when parents had "measles parties" to make sure that their kid got the measles done with, so it didn't infect them later as an adult? Maybe we should be culturing the virus from people who don't show symptoms... https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle...=2286507&faf=1 Silent COVID-19 Cases May Stymie Screening Efforts Brenda Goodman February 20, 2020 snip The researchers tested 126 people who were returning to Germany after recent travel from China. On the flight, 10 people were isolated because they were at high risk of being infected — some had symptoms, and others had contact with people who were infected. As soon as the plane touched down, these 10 passengers were taken to a hospital and tested for the virus. None were positive. Doctors examined the rest of the passengers at a medical assessment center at the airport. One passenger had a fever, a hard time breathing, and a cough. He was also tested, and was negative for the virus. In a last step, researchers offered testing to the remaining 115 people who were on board the plane and who had passed their screening checks. In a surprise twist, two of these seemingly healthy passengers tested positive for the virus. Two different labs confirmed their test results. The passengers who tested positive were whisked to a hospital, where an exam showed that one had a very slight sore throat and a faint rash. Both remained well and never ran a fever in the week after they were admitted to the hospital. More worrisome, when the virus that was isolated from the two passengers was placed in a test tube with healthy cells, it was able to infect them. That means it's possible they could have passed the disease on to others, even when they had few to no symptoms themselves. "We do not yet know if they could have infected other people, but that is conceivable," says Sandra Ciesek, MD, head of the Institute of Medical Virology at the University Hospital Frankfurt. She says there's no evidence that they did. snip The New England Journal of Medicine: "Evidence of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Returning Travelers from Wuhan, China." Last edited by InTheBlack; 02-21-2020 at 16:17.
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