BMJ: Asymptomatic transmission of covid-19

https://www.bmj.com/content/371/bmj.m4851?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_term=hootsuite&utm_content=sme&utm_campaign=usage


Study of 10 million finds no asymptomatic positive cases. Post-lockdown SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid screening in nearly ten million residents of Wuhan, China. 

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-19802-w


There’s “more or less no such thing” as an asymptomatic viral infection

https://backtoreason.medium.com/theres-more-or-less-no-such-thing-as-an-asymptomatic-viral-infection-8ce952e8b56


WHO - ‘We don’t actually have that answer yet’ (re asymptomatic spread)

https://www.statnews.com/2020/06/09/who-comments-asymptomatic-spread-covid-19/

 

Asymptomatic spread of coronavirus is ‘very rare,’ WHO says

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/08/asymptomatic-coronavirus-patients-arent-spreading-new-infections-who-says.html

 

A study on infectivity of asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 carriers. “All CT images showed no sign of COVID-19 infection. No severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections was detected in 455 contacts by nucleic acid test.”

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7219423/

 

Can infected people without symptoms transmit coronavirus?

https://coronavirusexplained.ukri.org/en/article/und0006/


Does Influenza Transmission Occur from Asymptomatic Infection or Prior to Symptom Onset?

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2646474/

Cambridge University finds no asymptomatic spread and 100% false positive rate