key: cord-0011713-ls6cdive
authors: Zhang, Jingping; Du, Yonghao; Bai, Lu; Pu, Jiantao; Jin, Chenwang; Yang, Jian; Guo, Youmin
title: An Asymptomatic Patient with COVID-19
date: 2020-06-01
journal: Am J Respir Crit Care Med
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.202002-0241im
sha: 78c46e36c8317a0df7df246659b00f5e66147c82
doc_id: 11713
cord_uid: ls6cdive

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Our case verified the asymptomatic infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) as previously reported (3, 4) and suggested that 1) the transmission of COVID-19 seemingly could occur during the incubation period and may cause a potential threat to public health, and 2) the CT examination is very helpful for the early diagnosis of COVID-19 because the abnormalities (e.g., unilateral or bilateral subpleural multifocal ground-glass opacities of the lungs) associated with COVID-19 could be visualized on CT while subjects remain asymptomatic (5) . n Author disclosures are available with the text of this article at www.atsjournals.org.

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