id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-304473-6aivjett Tenforde, Mark W. Exposures in adult outpatients with COVID‐19 infection during early community transmission, Tennessee 2020-08-04 .txt text/plain 477 53 44 authors: Tenforde, Mark W.; Feldstein, Leora R.; Lindsell, Christopher J.; Patel, Manish M.; Self, Wesley H. In this cross-sectional survey, we generated insights into individual-level exposures and behaviors among non-hospitalized adults with COVID-19 in Tennessee in the early days following national social distancing guidelines. Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 is likely facilitated through a pre-symptomatic or pauci-symptomatic shedding period in infected individuals, 2,3 which, along with limited early testing, could in part explain this common lack of a known case contact and highlights the need for robust testing infrastructure. However, a sizeable majority reported working regularly in the two weeks before illness with few able to telework, suggesting workplace-related exposures were an important early source of transmission in Tennessee. Conceptualization (equal); Formal analysis (lead) Leora R Feldstein: Conceptualization (equal); Formal analysis (supporting) Manish M Patel: Conceptualization (equal) Self WH; for the IVY Network Investigators, CDC COVID-19 Response Team. Exposures in adult outpatients with COVID-19 infection during early community transmission ./cache/cord-304473-6aivjett.txt ./txt/cord-304473-6aivjett.txt