The implications of silent transmission for the control of COVID-19 outbreaks
Moghadas SM, Fitzpatrick MC, Sah P, Pandey A, Shoukat A, Singer BH, Galvani AP. The implications of silent transmission for the control of COVID-19 outbreaks. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2020, 117: 17513-17515. PMID: 32632012, PMCID: PMC7395516, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2008373117.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSilent infectionSymptomatic casesAsymptomatic transmissionSilent transmissionPopulation-wide restrictionsRisk of resurgenceRapid contact tracingRecent individual-level dataCoronavirus disease 2019Symptom onsetAsymptomatic proportionAsymptomatic infectionDisease 2019Majority of incidencesPresymptomatic stagePresymptomatic casesInfected individualsContact tracingInfectionFuture outbreaksCOVID-19 outbreakSocial distancing measuresOne-thirdMovement restrictionsDistancing measures