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Since December 2019, 62 medical staff of Zhongnan Hospital in Wuhan, China have been hospitalised with coronavirus disease 2019. During the post-discharge surveillance after clinical recovery, swabs were positive in two asymptomatic cases (3.23%). Case 1 had presented typical clinical and radiological manifestations on admission, while manifestation in Case 2 was very mild. In conclusion, a small proportion of recovered patients may test positive after discharge, and post-discharge surveillance and isolation need to be strengthened.

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2025-02-22
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Post-discharge surveillance and positive virus detection in two medical staff recovered from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), China, January to February 2020
<p class="citation"> <span>Citation style for this article:</span> <span class="meta-value authors"> <a href="/search?value1=Yuanyuan+Xing&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Xing Yuanyuan</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Pingzheng+Mo&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Mo Pingzheng</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Yu+Xiao&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Xiao Yu</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Oiu+Zhao&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Zhao Oiu</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Yongxi+Zhang&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Zhang Yongxi</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Fan+Wang&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Wang Fan</a></span>. Post-discharge surveillance and positive virus detection in two medical staff recovered from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), China, January to February 2020. <a href="/content/ecdc">Euro Surveill.</a> 2020;25(10):pii=2000191. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.10.2000191" title="doi link" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.10.2000191</a> <span class="ES_Article_citation"> <span class="generated">Received</span>: 25 Feb 2020;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="generated">Accepted</span>: 11 Mar 2020 </span> </p>
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