letterNew England Journal of MedicineApr 24, 2020GREEN OA

Asymptomatic Transmission, the Achilles’ Heel of Current Strategies to Control Covid-19

University of California, San Francisco

PubMed
Indexed incrossrefpubmed

Abstract

Traditional infection-control and public health strategies rely heavily on early detection of disease to contain spread. When Covid-19 burst onto the global scene, public health officials initially...

Citation impact

1,228
total citations
FWCI
30.24
Percentile
100%
References
6
Citations per year

Authors

3

Topics & keywords

Keywords
  • Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
  • Heel
  • Asymptomatic
  • Transmission (telecommunications)
  • Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
  • Public health
  • 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak
  • Pandemic
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Good health and well-being
No related works found for this paper.