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- Title
The descriptive epidemiology of coronavirus disease 2019 during the epidemic period in Lu’an, China: achieving limited community transmission using proactive response strategies.
- Authors
Wei Qin; Jie Sun; Pengpeng Xu; Tianqi Gong; Xiude Li; Lei Liu; Jieying Hu; Yao Wang; Shaoyu Xie; Kaichun Li; Hongwei Chang; Yong Lyu
- Abstract
Hubei province in China has had the most confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases and has reported sustained transmission of the disease. Although Lu’an city is adjacent to Hubei province, its community transmission was blocked at the early stage, and the impact of the epidemic was limited. Therefore, we summarised the overall characteristics of the entire epidemic course in Lu’an to help cities with a few imported cases better contain the epidemic. A total of 69 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 11 asymptomatic carriers were identified in Lu’an during the epidemic from 12 January to 21 February 2020. Fifty-two (65.0%) cases were male, and the median age was 40 years. On admission, 56.5% of cases had a fever as the initial symptom, and pneumonia was present in 89.9% of cases. The mean serial interval and the mean duration of hospitalisation were 6.5 days (95% CI: 4.8–8.2) and 18.2 days (95% CI: 16.8–19.5), respectively. A total of 16 clusters involving 60 cases (17 first-generation cases and 43 secondary cases) were reported during the epidemic. We observed that only 18.9% (7/37) index cases resulted in community transmission during the epidemic in Lu’an, indicating that the scale of the epidemic was limited to a low level in Lu’an city. An asymptomatic carrier caused the largest cluster, involving 13 cases. Spread of COVID-19 by asymptomatic carriers represents an enormous challenge for countries responding to the pandemic.
- Publication
Epidemiology & Infection, 2020, Vol 148, p1
- ISSN
0950-2688
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/ S0950268820001478