Epidemiological features of COVID-19 patients with prolonged incubation period and its implications for controlling the epidemics in China

• Main Authors: Zhi-Jie Zhang (Author), Tian-Le Che (Author), Tao Wang (Author), Han Zhao (Author), Jie Hong (Author), Qing Su (Author), Hai-Yang Zhang (Author), Shi-Xia Zhou (Author), Ai-Ying Teng (Author), Yuan-Yuan Zhang (Author), Yang Yang (Author), Li-Qun Fang (Author), Wei Liu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background COVID-19 patients with long incubation period were reported in clinical practice and tracing of close contacts, but their epidemiological or clinical features remained vague. Methods We analyzed 11,425 COVID-19 cases reported between January-August, 2020 in China. The accelerated...