Alliance for Pandemic Preparedness

February 4, 2020

Study claiming new coronavirus can be transmitted by people without symptoms was flawed

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  • Science news reports that the NEJM article on asymptomatic transmission erred in describing the infected traveler from China as asymptomatic. Follow-up by regional authorities in Germany found that the traveler did have respiratory and other symptoms while in Germany.
  • An update in the NEJM is expected soon.

Kupferschmidt K (Feb 3, 2020, 5:30 PM) Study claiming new coronavirus can be transmitted by people without symptoms was flawed. ScienceMag.org (American Association for the Advancement of Science). Accessed 3 Feb, 2020 from, https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/02/paper-non-symptomatic-patient-transmitting-coronavirus-wrong