{"id":3996,"date":"2020-02-03T13:34:34","date_gmt":"2020-02-03T21:34:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/?p=3996"},"modified":"2021-02-16T13:36:14","modified_gmt":"2021-02-16T21:36:14","slug":"importation-and-human-to-human-transmission-of-a-novel-coronavirus-in-vietnam-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/2020\/02\/03\/importation-and-human-to-human-transmission-of-a-novel-coronavirus-in-vietnam-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Importation and Human-to-Human Transmission of a Novel Coronavirus in Vietnam"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This article provides additional information on a father-son pair from Vietnam, reported earlier<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The father was a 65 year-old with a history of hypertension, type 2 diabetes, coronary heart disease, and lung cancer.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He became ill with fever on 17 January, 2020, and was admitted to hospital through the ED on 22 January. His condition was improving on and after 26 January.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He tested positive (RT-PCR) for 2019-nCoV from a throat swab.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chest x-ray showed left lung upper lobe infiltrate, which progressed for a few days and started to resolve in hospital<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He was treated empirically with antivirals and broad-spectrum antibiotics (unspecified); and on supplemental oxygen due to increasing hypoxia and dyspnea.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The son was an otherwise-healthy 27 year old with dry cough, fever, loose stools, and vomiting before admission, starting on 20 January (estimated incubation period, 3 days).\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He presented at the hospital on the same day as his father (22 Jan) and had normal chest x-ray and labs. He was listed as stable from 23 January on.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He also tested positive (RT-PCR) for 2019-nCoV from a throat swab.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Phan LT, et al. (2020). Importation and Human-to-Human Transmission of a Novel Coronavirus in Vietnam. NEJM. DOI: 10.1056\/NEJMc2001272\u00a0<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article provides additional information on a father-son pair from Vietnam, reported earlier The father was a 65 year-old with a history of hypertension, type 2 diabetes, coronary heart disease, and lung cancer.\u00a0 He became ill with fever on 17 January, 2020, and was admitted to hospital through the ED on 22 January. 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