The CDC screening recommendations only apply to asymptomatic people (even though they acknowledge that straight men can be asymptomatic carriers).
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"Even if there is some asymptomatic transmission, in all the history of respiratory borne illness, asymptomatic transmission has never been the driver of outbreaks," he said.
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" Dr. Yuen characterized the disease as "asymptomatic walking pneumonia.
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A recent paper saying that people may get the virus from asymptomatic people is reported to be based on faulty data, so it's still unclear if asymptomatic people can transmit the virus.
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PrEP, though, helps ensure that even asymptomatic cases are diagnosed.
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Because sexually transmitted infections are often asymptomatic, screening is essential.
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This long asymptomatic incubation period also renders airport screening ineffective.
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Asymptomatic cases -- or mild cases -- may not always be counted.
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Asymptomatic transmission of the coronavirus has been recorded before, however.
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And despite being asymptomatic, Gosar is clearly feeling the panic.
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We are still not getting asymptomatic case data from China.
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There's this big panic in the West over asymptomatic cases.
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"But, if it's really small, it may be asymptomatic," he says.
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About 80 percent of Zika infections are believed to be asymptomatic.
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The patient responded well to medical treatment and is currently asymptomatic.
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No one yet knows if asymptomatic infections can cause fetal abnormalities.
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During this time, it is asymptomatic and it is not contagious.
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And then there's the matter of those who are largely asymptomatic.
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Meanwhile, the attending physician has turned away asymptomatic lawmakers seeking tests.
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He announced on Sunday that he was quarantined but asymptomatic. *Rep.
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In his statement to CNN, Braden said asymptomatic transmission can happen.
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The feline coronavirus typically is asymptomatic, but can cause mild diarrhea.
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Can this happen in asymptomatic cases or mainly in symptomatic women?
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For a malady that often remains asymptomatic, even fewer would feel ill.
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Note: there are no silent, asymptomatic carriers of the Deliciously Ella Bug.
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But asymptomatic carriers can still infect other people and make them sick.
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"At age 9.5 years, the child was clinically asymptomatic," the researchers said.
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But nobody is certain how many cases are very mild or asymptomatic.
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Only one player has shown symptoms while the other three are asymptomatic.
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Test results confirmed that while asymptomatic, he had indeed contracted COVID-19.
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Because they're asymptomatic, the health system is allowing them to keep working.
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More than 90% of the cases were asymptomatic, mild, or moderate cases.
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That could stop people, even those who are asymptomatic, from spreading infection.
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Symptomatic or asymptomatic, you can unknowingly pass coronavirus on to someone else.
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The report from the Chinese CDC said 1.2% of patients were asymptomatic.
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Passengers who are asymptomatic are handled differently depending on their travel history.
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Many experts remain concerned that coronavirus may be spreading through asymptomatic individuals.
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"You're going to pick up all these small, asymptomatic stones," he said.
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The child is asymptomatic while the father has a cough, he added.
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They also said they were adhering to treatment plans and were asymptomatic.
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More than 703% of the cases were asymptomatic, mild or moderate cases.
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About 1% of coronavirus cases are asymptomatic, according to a study from the Chinese CDC, but many experts think the portion is actually higher because people with asymptomatic or very mild cases are not often tested nor reported.
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In general, Zika is either asymptomatic or a mild disease in most people.
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But using it as a screening tool for asymptomatic people is less useful.
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Weve got to confirm what is the risk of asymptomatic transmission, he said.
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Those who are asymptomatic are told they can leave their homes, if necessary.
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It will deliver tests to people who either feel sick or are asymptomatic.
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But it is worrisome that we're sitting here, two people, and ... we're asymptomatic.
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The CDC's protocol does not include testing for the virus in asymptomatic people.
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Still, workers remain worried about catching the coronavirus or spreading it while asymptomatic.
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A week later, 10 of the 13 with asymptomatic cases had developed symptoms.
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Research suggests that the coronavirus can be spread even if someone is asymptomatic.
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A report purporting to describe asymptomatic transmission in Germany has come under fire.
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Doctors in China claimed asymptomatic transmission was possible, and a letter published Jan.
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But studies have shown that with asymptomatic bacteriuria, withholding antibiotics doesn't endanger patients.
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Asymptomatic transmission is not believed to be a large factor in viral outbreaks.
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Still, asymptomatic carriers "are not normally major drivers of epidemics," Dr. Fauci said.
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Scientists have even debated just how much of a danger asymptomatic transmission poses.
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Even asymptomatic people who are infected may be able to spread the virus.
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There's still only limited evidence that asymptomatic people can spread the virus, though.
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"On the other hand, preventive removal of all asymptomatic wisdom teeth is also undesirable: if the tooth would stay asymptomatic and disease free during lifetime, the patient might have been exposed to an unnecessary risk of complications and costs," he said.
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It is sometimes asymptomatic, and there's no way to test for it in men.
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Because HPV is so often asymptomatic, most people will never know they have it.
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So far, U.S. officials have not seen evidence of asymptomatic transmission of the virus.
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Those infected are asymptomatic years after initial infection, so carriers can unknowingly infect others.
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Because 80 percent of all infections are asymptomatic, the real number is probably higher.
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She says she believes her mother might be an asymptomatic carrier of the disease.
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We have found it very unlikely that this is contagious when someone is asymptomatic.
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We aren't computing well that the vast majority of cases are mild, even asymptomatic.
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People who are infected can also be completely asymptomatic yet still transmit the virus.
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I'm not sick, but we know people who are asymptomatic can spread this disease.
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Many people are asymptomatic when tested, but develop symptoms within a day or two.
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Chinese analysts have found that 1.2 percent of Covid-19 cases are completely asymptomatic.
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But in recent days, Chinese officials have also played down the asymptomatic transmission risk.
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The Italian Health Ministry said that counting asymptomatic cases only served to cause alarm.
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"The organisms can be asymptomatic in some but cause severe symptoms in others," she adds.
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" He said sleep deprivation and stress can "exacerbate underlying, and sometimes asymptomatic, serious cardiovascular diseases.
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Importantly, the researchers aren't sure if an asymptomatic person with Ebola can transmit the virus.
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Earlier this week, Chinese authorities said the coronavirus could be passed when people were asymptomatic.
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And many important questions remain, including whether asymptomatic infections in mothers are dangerous to babies.
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Asymptomatic passengers will be taken to military installations for screening and a 14-day quarantine.
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The risk posed by asymptomatic cases has drawn significant attention in China in recent days.
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Having a mask on could cut down on the number of transmissions from asymptomatic people.
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At this moment, there is no way for people who are asymptomatic to be screened.
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Aquilino also said that because he was asymptomatic, he hasn't been tested for the virus.
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Candice Cody, anesthesiologist, Washington DC: The cases we're doing, we're treating everyone as asymptomatic positive.
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"If a person is asymptomatic, they don't have to worry or panic," Dr. Javaid said.
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Infections have probably been underreported, it said, given that many are asymptomatic or very mild.
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It is unknown how frequently "asymptomatic carriers" spread the disease to uninfected people, she noted.
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And beyond the asymptomatic cases, 80 percent of those with coronavirus have only mild symptoms.
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And that immunity should extend even to those who had mild or even asymptomatic infections.
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Messonnier expects more diagnoses as some passengers may be incubating symptoms, and may be asymptomatic.
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Those infected with Zika are often asymptomatic or suffer from only mild fever and discomfort.
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Many sexually transmitted infections are asymptomatic and go undiagnosed until they really start to cause damage.
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About 250 percent of cases affecting the genital tract are asymptomatic and resolve within two years.
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I thought about the backpack man, his gnawed knee, and whether men could be asymptomatic carriers.
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STIs are often asymptomatic, so people having sex without being tested regularly are unknowingly spreading infections.
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STIs are often asymptomatic, so people having sex without being tested regularly are unknowingly spreading infections.
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Young people are more likely to be asymptomatic, and might therefore be less contagious, he said.
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The senator is in quarantine and asymptomatic, according to an earlier tweet posted to his account.
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Dhowre told O, "we're asymptomatic" ... meaning Idris, who's also positive, is not showing symptoms as well.
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The person was last at the Bank on March 6, and was asymptomatic at the time.
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This has been the case with the coronavirus, where people can have it but be asymptomatic.
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Rupture of previously asymptomatic intracranial cerebral aneurysms—this occurs most tragically in young, otherwise healthy women.
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Even if asymptomatic patients do not become sick themselves, they may be able to infect others.
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Experts say there might be an unknown number of asymptomatic patients beyond those already being monitored.
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Infection in humans tends to be asymptomatic or mild enough that patients rarely seek medical attention.
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He added that, as of Sunday, he was "asymptomatic and [felt] great," along with his staff.
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More than 280.5% of all pediatric patients were asymptomatic, showing mild or common forms of illness.
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One big problem about the virus is that a lot of cases are mild or asymptomatic.
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What percentage of people around my community have tested positive for the virus but are asymptomatic?
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Science: Researchers are worried about asymptomatic carriers — people who spread the virus but show no symptoms.
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Science: Researchers are worried about asymptomatic carriers — individuals who spread the virus but show no symptoms.
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It said the Kuwaiti and Saudi had been asymptomatic while the third person showed initial symptoms.
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The virus remains asymptomatic and effectively undetected in many infected people, he wrote in The Times.
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People with FTD in the study were mostly asymptomatic or had only mild, early-stage symptoms.
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That woman flew to Germany and while she was asymptomatic transmitted the virus to two colleagues.
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The infection is either asymptomatic or causes symptoms mild enough that patients don't seek medical attention.
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One in five Zika-infected patients are asymptomatic themselves, but the virus is also sexually transmitted.
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Maybe the disease has just gone unnoticed, since Zika is usually mild and often asymptomatic in adults.
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But after falling 30 feet into a hollow tree – and visiting Heaven, she says – Annabel became asymptomatic.
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So some of the big questions that remain are how do asymptomatic people pass on the virus?
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Ebola is not transmissible if someone is asymptomatic and usually not after someone has recovered from it.
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Six of the 10 newly identified cases were asymptomatic and discovered through the door-to-door testing.
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Sixty-four of them had coronavirus, 82 were suspected to be infected, and one person was asymptomatic.
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Japan's elderly population is also uniquely (and tragically) isolated, which may reduce contact with asymptomatic virus-carriers.
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Veneto quickly imposed a strict quarantine on all people who tested positive, even those that were asymptomatic.
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There are many asymptomatic cases, and in this case it is better to be safe than sorry.
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"You'll have to ask them that question," Trump told reporters when asked about asymptomatic athletes getting tested.
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The true percentage of young people who require hospitalization is likely much less, because many remain asymptomatic.
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As of now, with our players remaining asymptomatic, none of them have been tested for Covid-19.
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As of now, with our players remaining asymptomatic, none of them have been tested for Covid-19.
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Many health experts believe that the rate could drop if more mild and asymptomatic cases were tested.
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The chart included steps for what individuals should do based on whether they are symptomatic or asymptomatic.
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"What we don't know, though, is how much of the asymptomatic cases are driving transmission," he said.
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And in any case, people who are asymptomatic can still pass on the coronavirus, scientists have found.
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If more cases are discovered, or even more asymptomatic cases, the case fatality rate will go down.
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As more and more mild or asymptomatic cases are found, the death rate is likely to drop.
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Seemingly asymptomatic people could have the sniffles, she said, which might go unnoticed but spread the virus.
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And there's the question of how much of a risk asymptomatic spread truly poses to public health.
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A far higher portion of asymptomatic cases, meanwhile, has been found on the Diamond Princess cruise ship.
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Pharyngeal gonorrhea tends to be asymptomatic, according to the CDC, although it might cause a sore throat.
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"It remains unknown," the WHO said, "if women or asymptomatic men can transmit the virus through sexual activity."
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For non-pregnant people, Zika is often asymptomatic, but can result in rashes, or joint paint, or fever.
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One study found that even asymptomatic NBA players carry one or more abnormalities within the knee on MRI.
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Indeed, they may be having them now without realizing it because of the testing lags and asymptomatic cases.
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But that may not help contain the coronavirus if it is being spread by people who are asymptomatic.
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Using tests on low-risk, asymptomatic air passengers means fewer tests are available for individuals at high risk.
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Death rates seem to decrease as more people are tested and more mild or asymptomatic cases are confirmed.
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Netanyahu was asymptomatic before undergoing the precautionary test, which was also administered to officials working close to him.
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However, since children may be asymptomatic carriers of COVID-19, babysitting may be life-threatening for the elderly.
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We're told Gaetz is asymptomatic and was tested for the virus and he'll get his results later today.
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Two of those individuals were confirmed to now be in New York and to be asymptomatic at AIPAC.
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With diseases like Covid-193, many individuals may be infected but asymptomatic, spreading the virus without realizing it.
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Some of the latest developments (check out The Post's live blog here): Wondering what "zoonotic" and "asymptomatic" mean?
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He said that he thinks asymptomatic infections are "not the driver of the outbreak," based on other coronaviruses.
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Chinese doctors recently identified an asymptomatic woman from Wuhan who likely transmitted the virus to her family members.
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According to the study, there were five instances of asymptomatic transmission of the Wuhan virus in one cluster.
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The biggest problem in this group is a lack of awareness that these infections are mostly asymptomatic, Bauer said.
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Asymptomatic patients do not require any treatment, but those with symptoms can be treated with a combination of antibiotics.
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HPV is an STD that can result in symptoms like genital warts, but is typically asymptomatic, Insider previously reported.
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At that point, Mallon became the first asymptomatic typhoid carrier ever identified — and her life took a dramatic turn.
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The condition is linked to a herpes virus called Epstein-Barr, which establishes a lifelong, though generally asymptomatic, infection.
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If we sampled ten thousand asymptomatic women, we have no idea how many such malignancies would be found incidentally.
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Early stage and asymptomatic patients may be identified through sensitive cognitive screening, imaging tests or biomarkers, the FDA said.
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More than 90% of all pediatric patients were either asymptomatic (4.4%) or showed mild (50.9%) or moderate (38.8%) symptoms.
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So if the people playing a sport are asymptomatic, then the likelihood of spreading the disease is extremely low.
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The United States Preventive Services Task Force has issued a "D" recommendation for screening asymptomatic adults at low risk.
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Their responses, however, differed, with Veneto testing even asymptomatic residents and isolating people who tested positive for the virus.
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He said the known cases of asymptomatic infections had all been found among the close contacts of confirmed patients.
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Asymptomatic people are still contagious, and can still infect older and more vulnerable people, like those who are immunocompromised.
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According to the CDC, 392 of the 705 positive coronavirus cases on the Diamond Princess cruise ship were asymptomatic.
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Could they be asymptomatic carriers of the coronavirus and put family members, such as grandparents, back home at risk?
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What if I have it and he carries it to his hospital, or he's walking around with it, asymptomatic?
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Asymptomatic carriers can pass the virus to someone who is at risk for developing severe complications from the virus.
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Three of the players are asymptomatic and all four are currently isolated and under the care of team physicians.
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One of the symptoms of the disease is a fever, though cases have also been found to be asymptomatic.
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If even asymptomatic people can spread the virus, then it will be much, much harder to slow its spread.
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Dr. Frieden said if asymptomatic people do transmit some virus, sick patients are likely to spread a lot more.
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But they stressed the importance of quarantining patients as early as possible, given the early signs of asymptomatic transmission.
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I want to see more data to support the notion that truly asymptomatic people may have transmitted the infection.
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Translation: that would mean "that CF is now an asymptomatic disease if you're taking a Vertex medicine," Smith said.
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Health officials said more study is needed to determine the risk of sexual transmission of Zika from asymptomatic individuals.
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The more asymptomatic patients doctors can identify early and put in trials, the sooner researchers can develop preventative treatments.
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The reason, Jenness says, is that PrEP-related STI screening can significantly increase the treatment of asymptomatic and rectal infections.
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But medical shortages and the possibility that patients can carry the virus while asymptomatic mean many are likely going undiagnosed.
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By collecting small-volume blood samples from asymptomatic people, Theranos aspired to detect diseases earlier by encouraging more frequent testing.
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As Richardson noted, the virus might be transmitted sexually, though that still needs to be proven in an asymptomatic individual.
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The show worked medical information about the virus into the script, mentioning that many people who have HSV are asymptomatic.
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After dozens of infections, his body had finally built up enough immunity to be asymptomatic when the parasite breaks in.
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"Only asymptomatic passengers will be transferred" to military bases for more screening and a 2120-day quarantine, the statement said.
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The Westchester man's daughter, who was asymptomatic, is a student at the Salanter Akiba Riverdale High School in the Bronx.
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Because the disease can be asymptomatic in pregnant women, many more cases of abnormalities and stillbirths may have been misidentified.
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People with symptoms of the virus spread it most easily, but research has also indicated that asymptomatic transmission is possible.
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While it's still unclear what percentage of patients experience this, the phenomenon may help identify asymptomatic or mildly ill patients.
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Fauci said Wednesday he believed the WHO figure was elevated based on differences in the estimated number of asymptomatic cases.
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"To the best of our knowledge, the employee remained asymptomatic during the employee's time in the building," the email read.
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Asymptomatic cases present a huge challenge in the control of infectious disease, making it harder to detect and stop transmission.
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Asymptomatic cases present a huge challenge in the control of infectious disease, making it harder to detect and stop transmission.
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In fact, research published on Monday in Science magazine suggests that mild and asymptomatic cases may be driving the pandemic.
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I thought that if I hadn't managed to avoid infection, I might have just been one of many asymptomatic cases.
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However, lifting lockdown measures could lead to a reemergence of the virus, since people could by asymptomatic but still infected.
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"Some people get asymptomatic infections or mild infections and never get detected, but they become, most likely, immune," Krammer says.
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Many people can be asymptomatic but still transmit the virus, so it can be hard to detect or screen for.
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According to early studies, 1.2% of COVID-19 cases are asymptomatic, which means those patients experience no symptoms at all.
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"Furthermore, as it is assumed that there are asymptomatic but infected people, the virus test is necessary," Dr. Okada said.
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But experience with other diseases indicated that many people who were believed to have been asymptomatic actually did experience symptoms.
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Yet such test results, signifying what's known in doctor-talk as asymptomatic bacteriuria, frequently lead to unnecessary treatment with antibiotics.
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While yellow fever is often asymptomatic in humans, patients who develop severe symptoms can die within seven to 10 days.
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The majority of the passengers — 1223 — were asymptomatic but are quarantined in a hotel awaiting the results of virus tests.
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Once more of these mild or asymptomatic cases are discovered, this virus could wind up looking a lot less scary.
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That included 2789 asymptomatic carriers, or those who tested positive but did not show any symptoms, according to the ministry.
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A case of asymptomatic transmission similar to the one described in the new case study was previously identified in Germany.
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The passengers were "all were deemed asymptomatic and fit to fly before being processed for evacuation," according to the statement.
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What the researchers called "asymptomatic entrepreneurs" (those with no reported mental health issues) comprised only 24% of the entrepreneur participants.
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People can be contagious while they are asymptomatic, and droplets of sweat or saliva on surfaces can spread the virus.
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Most people who are infected never show symptoms, and the risk to fetuses in asymptomatic women is not fully understood.
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Usually, super spreaders are asymptomatic themselves, and yet the disease in their bodies has progressed to the point of being communicable.
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Some people who are infected also may not know they have the virus if they are asymptomatic or very mildly symptomatic.
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This was one of the first studies to break down infections by trimester and whether or not the mother was asymptomatic.
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For instance, about 80 percent of infections are asymptomatic, says Nikos Vasilakis, a pathologist at the University of Texas Medical Branch.
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But Mayor Levine said Zika spreads easily because it is asymptomatic in most people, making the hot spots hard to find.
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International studies There are also reports in other countries of significant transmission by people who are asymptomatic or only mildly symptomatic.
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However, asymptomatic people can still spread the virus and some studies have shown symptoms can begin displaying only after five days.
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"Definitely asymptomatic infections are a potential cause for concern and for transmission," Dr. Peiris at the University of Hong Kong said.
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But 19 crew members who tested positive for the coronavirus were kept onboard because they were "asymptomatic," according to Princess Cruises.
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Without paid sick leave or some form of compensation, asymptomatic individuals may go to work, disregarding a quarantine order or recommendation.
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"We're talking to young people about doing their part and being good millennials because they could be asymptomatic spreaders," Singh said.
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You may feel completely normal and be asymptomatic, but actually be carrying the COVID-220 virus and spreading it without realizing.
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That study found that nearly half of asymptomatic people in China could test positive for Covid-19 without being actually infected.
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Because many cases are mild and some are asymptomatic, it's difficult to track its deadliness and the extent of its spread.
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They could be an asymptomatic carrier, meaning they don't present any symptoms and therefore could unknowingly infect more high-risk people.
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A spokesman said Paul was asymptomatic and did not know of any infected person with whom he had come in contact.
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And beyond the asymptomatic cases, 80 percent of those with coronavirus have only mild symptoms, according to a study in China.
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We know that the virus can lie dormant and there is strong evidence that it is spread while people are asymptomatic.
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Such asymptomatic transmissions would make the disease much more difficult to control, as seemingly healthy people travel and interact with others.
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So far, the C.D.C. has not been able to confirm that transmissions may occur while patients are asymptomatic, Dr. Redfield said.
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But only 41 percent believe low-dose CT scans in asymptomatic individuals can reduce deaths from lung cancer, the survey found.
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If asymptomatic people can spread the virus, it will be much harder to slow its spread, as carriers transmit it unwittingly.
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But because the virus can be asymptomatic and still spread, it's not obvious where it is and isn't dangerous to be.
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Those asymptomatic patients are counted as confirmed cases in the US, but if they were in China they would not be.
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The Chinese health authorities had said previously that an asymptomatic patient can spread the virus, but now they're not so sure.
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"We would really like to see the data, because if there is asymptomatic transmission, it impacts certain policies, screening," Fauci said.
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In particular, African Americans have a higher prevalence of asymptomatic PAD – the disease without any symptoms – making revascularization treatments critically important.
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There's simply no utility in testing NBA players: Every test an asymptomatic player is getting is a test someone else isn't.
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New York health officials said the state would be the first in the nation to offer free testing to asymptomatic pregnant women.
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One cardiologist "said it isn't clear whether the watch's benefits in detecting asymptomatic cases outweigh such risks," the Wall Street Journal reports.
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In reality, STDs are often passed on by people who don't know they're infected, as many of these conditions can be asymptomatic.
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The Centers for Disease Control, however, has said that approximately 80 percent of the people that get infected with Zika are asymptomatic.
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In the film, it seems that asymptomatic people can spread the virus but then are quickly dead after they start showing symptoms.
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It is believed 14 to 18 percent of men carry yeast on their penises, much of it unnoticed, untreated, or generally asymptomatic.
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In a sample of 32 health care workers without symptoms, all tested negative for coronavirus, suggesting that none had an asymptomatic infection.
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Paul, who is currently asymptomatic, had been proceeding with his usual activities in the Capitol complex until receiving his results Sunday morning.
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The former Belgium international did not have a fever and was asymptomatic, the club said, and has now been placed in quarantine.
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Low-risk groups like young, healthy people can be asymptomatic — and contribute to the spread of coronavirus even if they feel fine.
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Asymptomatic patients who have tested positive are monitored and placed under quarantine until they develop symptoms or turn negative in later tests.
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World Health Organization officials told reporters last week that new data shows there aren't as many asymptomatic cases as they originally thought.
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The virus seems to be able to spread without being detected, and people may be asymptomatic for a long period of time.
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We're in the middle of that darker story with COVID-19, which is likely being spread in the community by asymptomatic people.
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"He is asymptomatic and was tested out of an abundance of caution due to his extensive travel and events," the tweet said.
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They may still get infections, but it becomes much milder, and often these people are asymptomatic even if they do get malaria.
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"He is asymptomatic and was tested out of an abundance of caution due to his extensive travel and events," Paul's office said.
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Officials added that the wife of a worker had tested positive and that the couple had both been quarantined and were asymptomatic.
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Universal mask use could stop these asymptomatic carriers — many of whom might not even know they're sick — from inadvertently infecting other people.
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Chlamydia is usually asymptomatic, and the number of reported cases may have grown in part because of newer, more sensitive screening techniques.
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China has said there "may be evidence" of asymptomatic transmission but U.S. scientists want to get a better look at that data.
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" He urged China to report how many lab-positive asymptomatic patients it has, as failing to do so prevent "for international comparisons.
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The question is crucial, because when asymptomatic transmission occurs, officials sometimes need to institute more dramatic control measures, such as tougher quarantines.
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The arrival of the coronavirus there happened with no prior warning, leading to speculation that it was spread by an asymptomatic carrier.
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Chinese health authorities say asymptomatic people can spread the virus, but US health authorities say they've seen no data to suggest that.
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"We will likely conduct another prospective cohort study to examine risks from retained asymptomatic third molars," Nunn told Reuters Health by email.
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After all, if we felt strongly enough about detecting asymptomatic people who might have atrial fibrillation, we could screen everyone with electrocardiograms.
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Of these, only 12% reported having HSV lesions before pregnancy or during the first trimester, a likely indication that most infections were asymptomatic.
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Most are asymptomatic, but it can pose a serious threat to those with weakened immune systems, including young children and people with HIV.
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The researchers noticed that these family members were asymptomatic in nature, meaning they had no irregular heartbeat and no enlarged heart muscle tissue.
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Older women, particularly those over 65 and frail enough to require nursing home care, can seem asymptomatic, but have fever, fatigue and malaise.
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However, kidney cancer is most often asymptomatic; Mathison discovered the tumor accidentally, while dealing with health issues that had plagued him for years.
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But as most of these people are either asymptomatic or have mild symptoms they don't go to a clinic to get checked out.
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They brought nurses back who were asymptomatic — an approach deemed reasonable by the C.D.C., she said — and are testing them twice a shift.
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"The current understanding of mortality rates for the new virus is lacking important data on asymptomatic cases," he told VICE in an email.
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Last week a study looking at cases in children in China found more than 90% of them were asymptomatic, mild or moderate cases.
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If asymptomatic patients and those with mild cases don't get tested, some won't know they have COVID-19 and may continue spreading it.
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He was asymptomatic at the time, but two days later began presenting symptoms and subsequently tested positive for the virus, the officials said.
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The 1,541 newly announced cases were people who had tested positive but were asymptomatic, according to an official at China's National Health Commission.
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The 1,541 newly announced cases were people who had tested positive but were asymptomatic, according to an official at China's National Health Commission.
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Still, the idea of asymptomatic spreading has been one of the main arguments for closing schools and keeping kids separated from elderly relatives.
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It is still unclear what role asymptomatic transmission is playing in the global pandemic, and these cases were not included in official figures.
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There is one category of young people, in their 40s or younger, who are asymptomatic but lose their sense of smell or taste.
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Social distancing is important because preliminary research suggests about a quarter of all new coronavirus infections could be the result of asymptomatic transmission.
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Unlike breast cancer, there is no screening test for asymptomatic women to determine whether they have a higher risk of getting the disease.
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On Sunday, Chinese Health Minister Ma Xiaowei said at a press briefing that they had found people could spread the virus while asymptomatic.
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Richard Pebody, another expert at the World Health Organization, said the organization did not consider asymptomatic transmission a significant factor in the outbreak.
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"It is specified that, six days after the game, the Juventus players remain asymptomatic and are under medical supervision," added the club statement.
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" When asymptomatic carriers are important factors in an outbreak, he said, "you are going to put greater emphasis and burden on testing people.
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When doctors told him he had asymptomatic coronary artery disease and would need a quadruple bypass, he began his withdrawal from the marriage.
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Meanwhile, the virus spread onboard, most likely by people within their own cabins or by asymptomatic crew members interacting with passengers, experts said.
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One of the scariest aspects of the virus for Gianotti is that it can be spread while those who are infected are asymptomatic.
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"In the USA for instance, the preventive removal of asymptomatic disease-free wisdom teeth is very common," Ghaeminia told Reuters Health by email.
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It's called "asymptomatic shedding"—when the virus exists in genital fluids without any visible ulcers—and it's how most people get infected with herpes.
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This could lead to a better understanding of the risks of asymptomatic versus symptomatic infections and how long the virus remains transmittable in semen.
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People in areas where there are more coronavirus cases may want to wear masks, in case people who are asymptomatic can spread the virus.
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For that, I see it as a way to capture rare symptomatic events or eventually (maybe) as a way to capture rare asymptomatic events.
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HPV is so common that nearly all men and women get it at some point in their lives and are asymptomatic and never know.
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It's easy for asymptomatic people with coronavirus to spread the illness, said Dr. Anne Rimoin, an epidemiology professor at UCLA's School of Public Health.
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"It's important for you guys to know that I was asymptomatic during all of this time," Kim told his more than 400,000 Instagram followers.
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But several experts interviewed by CNN said transmission by people who are asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic is responsible for more transmission than previously thought.
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On top of that, some people with virus may be asymptomatic, so it's possible you could spread the virus without knowing you are sick.
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"At the time of discharge from the facility, the patient was asymptomatic and met all of CDC's criteria for release," a CDC statement said.
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The agency said that the high rate of asymptomatic infections could partly explain the high rate of infection among cruise ship passengers and crew.
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YES. As above, this may be skewing German and South Korean results by identifying asymptomatic and mildly symptomatic persons unlikely to require medical care.
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But the virus is the witch's brew: asymptomatic for up to two weeks, highly contagious and all of humanity is immunologically naïve to it.
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Anyone in the Seattle area will be eligible through SCAN, including children and those who aren't displaying flu-like symptoms but may be asymptomatic.
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Anyone in the Seattle area will be eligible through SCAN, including children and those who aren't displaying flu-like symptoms but may be asymptomatic.
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The question of how to count asymptomatic patients is at the heart of many fears about the true extent of the outbreak in China.
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It is benign enough, with such a long, asymptomatic incubation period, that it can spread widely by not killing too many of its hosts.
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"At the time of discharge from the facility, the patient was asymptomatic and met all of CDC's criteria for release," the CDC statement said.
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That means the real number of asymptomatic patients could be higher, since patients who don't realize they're sick don't seek testing or medical care.
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In some instances, quarantining asymptomatic people suspected to be infected creates a breeding ground for the diseased and worsens the pandemic and spreads fear.
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Six of the 10 new cases are asymptomatic and were identified through a door-to-door campaign, which involved the collection of urine samples.
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Finally, there's some question of whether healthy (asymptomatic) adults who undergo routine screening for vitamin D actually see any health benefit as a result.
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Zika — which is often asymptomatic but can cause aches, pains, and a relatively mild fever — is most commonly spread by the Aedes aegypti mosquito.
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So you could put a person who has been infected on an aircraft, they would be asymptomatic, and they could travel anywhere in the world.
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The bacterium is found in the faeces of those infected, as well as a small proportion of people who have recovered but remain asymptomatic carriers.
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This could explain the rise in detection of chlamydia and gonorrhea, which can be asymptomatic and therefore go undetected for a long period of time.
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Hypertension is known as the silent killer as it has an asymptomatic course that leads to serious conditions like heart disease, kidney disease, and stroke.
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Its eye-popping research reminded us of how dangerous certain HPV viruses can be for men and women, despite being extremely common and often asymptomatic.
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"During the process of ovulating, people will have ovarian cysts develop, and they're usually asymptomatic," says Wendy Chang, MD at the Southern California Reproductive Center.
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Health workers are asymptomatic carriers or sick without surveillance; some might die, including young people, which increases the stress of those on the front line.
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In fact, recent modeling based on Chinese data shows that asymptomatic carriers of the virus may have been responsible for its initial rapid spread there.
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The party serves as a stark example how quickly coronavirus spreads in crowded areas, and the role asymptomatic people can play in disseminating the disease.
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Cancer incidence in men rose sharply in the 1990s because of the widespread use of P.S.A. testing, which detected large numbers of asymptomatic prostate cancers.
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The Republican senator was asymptomatic when he took the test, and he said he left the Senate "immediately" after finding out he had COVID-19.
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Stefánsson's team has been working overtime screening 1,000 asymptomatic people a day for the highly contagious coronavirus, with a goal of screening a total 15,000.
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"We refer to the disease surveillance iceberg — underneath the water's surface are all the cases that are mild, asymptomatic, untested and unreported," Ms. Ernst said.
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But given the woman had no fever when she arrived in Malaysia it is unclear how many other passengers could also be infected and asymptomatic.
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There is also growing evidence that Covid-19 can be found in people with minimal or no symptoms, and that asymptomatic people can be contagious.
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In the study, which published Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine, German researchers described four business associates who became infected through asymptomatic transmission.
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If it is true that asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic people can transmit the disease frequently and efficiently, testing may need to be broadened, experts said.
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But the report did not resolve the question of whether symptomatic infection in pregnancy is more dangerous to a fetus than asymptomatic infection, experts said.
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Because scientists believe that carriers can be asymptomatic for between one and 14 days, this makes containing the spread of the coronavirus much more difficult.
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If a person who is asymptomatic shows up in an airport, they may not be picked up by authorities who are only screening for fever.
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Aside from intestinal damage, failing to detect asymptomatic celiac at an early age can result in poor bone development and suppressed growth, Dr. Murray said.
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You can see why in this chart from the study, focused on the patients who experienced symptoms: Just as they were starting to feel ill, they had the highest concentrations of virus in their noses: What's more, the one person who was asymptomatic carried a similar amount of virus as the symptomatic patients, "which suggests the transmission potential of asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic patients," the researchers wrote.
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Healthy individuals, or asymptomatic patients, are still reluctant to take action on prevention and, to some extent, disease interception, especially when symptoms are not yet mature.
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Many public and private health insurance policies, including Medicare, do not cover eye examinations for low-risk or asymptomatic patients, corrective lenses and visual assistive devices.
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Starting Wednesday, China will begin including asymptomatic carriers in its public statistics on novel coronavirus cases in the country, according to the South China Morning Post.
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For weeks, federal officials have emphasized that asymptomatic transmission can happen, but have said that it's not a significant factor in the spread of the virus.
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However, 90% of the children were either asymptomatic or had mild or moderate COVID-19 symptoms, like fever, fatigue, sore throat, cough, or shortness of breath.
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People who are lower risk and feel healthy, like millennials and Gen Zers, can be asymptomatic, meaning they're infected with COVID-19 but not exhibiting symptoms.
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If he had warned his patient, then Heidi could have started treating the cancer three years earlier, when she was asymptomatic, and potentially have been cured.
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So-called asymptomatic bacteriuria increases with age, but these women are not sick and don't need drugs, so medical guidelines recommend against routine screening or treatment.
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However, there is increasing evidence of asymptomatic transmission, especially through younger people who have milder cases and don't know they are sick but are still infectious.
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However, there is increasing evidence of asymptomatic transmission, especially through younger people who have milder cases and don't know they are sick but are still infectious.
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As a result, even if every single person had their temperature checked, many people who were infected but still asymptomatic would be able to pass easily.
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Princess Cruises, the ship's owner-operator, said 19 crew members who tested positive for the virus "have been deemed asymptomatic" and remain isolated in their cabins.
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I think if you count all the cases of minimally symptomatic or asymptomatic infections that probably brings the mortality rate down to somewhere around 1 percent.
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If you are sick and you don't know it yet — you're asymptomatic — your best chance of not giving it to someone else is to stay home.
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Most important: getting massive testing capacity as quickly as possible, so infected but asymptomatic people everywhere can be identified and isolated until they're virus-free again.
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But many who are asymptomatic have begun taking advantage of that, staying home to avoid infection or to care for children whose schools have been closed.
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A lot of the workforce is probably already infected, and either just an asymptomatic carrier, or hasn't gotten to the point where they feel sick yet.
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That's especially important for Covid-19, since at least some spread happens when people are asymptomatic, when they have few symptoms, or before they develop symptoms.
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Higher rates of testing can lead to lower death rates because more mild and asymptomatic cases are likely to be caught and factored into the ratio.
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Previously, a CDC spokesperson had told CNN that two of the passengers were symptomatic during flight, but the spokesperson later said they were asymptomatic while flying.
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The task force concluded last month that for virtually everyone except pregnant women, screening for and treating asymptomatic bacteriuria provides no benefit and has potential harms.
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"There's no doubt after reading this paper that asymptomatic transmission is occurring," said Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
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Still, Chinese scientists are certain that asymptomatic infections have taken place, said NIAID's Fauci on Thursday when answering questions from an editor of a scientific journal.
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She remained asymptomatic and infected a bunch of family members and you had a group of physicians who immediately seized on the moment and tested everyone.
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She remained asymptomatic and infected a bunch of family members and you had a group of physicians who immediately seized on the moment and tested everyone.
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Although there's some evidence that the virus can be transmitted when patients aren't showing symptoms, Schaffner said doctors shouldn't be too concerned about identifying asymptomatic patients.
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A far higher portion of asymptomatic cases was found on the Diamond Princess cruise ship, where 322 of 621 people tested positive but showed no symptoms.
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During that time, an asymptomatic person is also infectious and could spread the coronavirus to others, Ma said, which makes it difficult to stop its spread.
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Shams Charania, a reporter at The Athletic that broke the news of Durant's diagnosis, tweeted that the Nets star was asymptomatic, despite his positive coronavirus test.
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The obvious problem ... when medical professionals get the disease but are asymptomatic, they can spread it to a large number of people, including other medical professionals.
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You should also get tested if you have any symptoms, but many STDs are asymptomatic, so it's important to get routine screenings even when you feel fine.
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She is six months pregnant, and although she doesn't think she had Zika, she also knows that in up to 80% of cases, the virus is asymptomatic.
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Wi says there needs to be "a global STI strategy" in order to ensure adequate treatment for people who have STIs and conduct screening for asymptomatic people.
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"The Air Force does not find all Airmen with asymptomatic HIV unfit, and has returned more than 150 such Airmen to duty," she said in a statement.
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First, anyone who is infected with Zika will either be completely asymptomatic or have a mild flu-like illness, and thus, unlikely to realize they are infected.
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On Tuesday, the Chinese government reported more than 1,500 cases of people who had tested positive but were asymptomatic — cases that had previously not been made public.
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If testing becomes more widely available in the coming months, governments may find out that a large percentage of the population has already had an asymptomatic infection.
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He encouraged people watching to practice social distancing and be diligent about hand washing, emphasizing the point that there are asymptomatic people are out there, like himself.
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Since being asymptomatic is common in his age group, we will never know for sure when it might be safe for my mother to be near him.
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These efforts can help infected travelers who are asymptomatic more effectively self-quarantine and reduce exposure to non-infected individuals to control the spread of new infections.
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"We have to think about what that means for people flying back home," she said, noting asymptomatic people could very well shed the virus in their communities.
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People who are at lower risk of becoming ill from the coronavirus, such as younger generations, can be asymptomatic carriers and unknowingly infect more high-risk people.
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" But he emphasized that the number could go down, saying that "as a group it's going to depend completely on what the factor of asymptomatic cases are.
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Another patient who had tested positive was asymptomatic, and so would be monitored but not count as a confirmed case until he showed symptoms, the statement said.
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Medical experts said that people who lose their ability to smell or taste should isolate themselves for at least a week, even if they were otherwise asymptomatic.
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Medical experts said that people who lose their ability to smell or taste should isolate themselves for at least a week, even if they are otherwise asymptomatic.
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Birx, the highly experienced coronavirus response coordinator at the White House, said that there may be a group of people who are asymptomatic yet spreading the virus.
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The crew members are "asymptomatic" and staying alone in their rooms "out of an abundance of caution" as the ship makes its way to Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
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Suarez said his personal experience as a mostly asymptomatic COVID-19 patient has made him fearful that the virus is far more widespread than current data indicates.
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The antibodies detected by this test indicate that a person had an immune response to COVID-19, whether symptoms developed from infection or the infection was asymptomatic.
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It said 401 asymptomatic passengers will be transferred from cruise operator Holland America Line's 238-meter (781-foot) MS Zaandam vessel to the Rotterdam, a sister ship.
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He thought about his own health, still home with a cough, then about his colleagues who may be asked to return to work while sick or asymptomatic.
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"Just because you or I might get an infection from somebody who's mildly asymptomatic, it doesn't mean we ourselves won't wind up in the ICU," Shaman said.
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I think we'll see societally more consumption of the testing to help identify individuals at risk or people who may be asymptomatic and carriers from that standpoint.
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We only can really see the total infection rate of the virus with this test and we can detect people who are asymptomatic and didn't get tested.
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Experts say that as more cases emerge across the world and blood tests that can pick up asymptomatic cases are developed, the fatality rate will likely decline.
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An early study on asymptomatic transmission of the virus published last week in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine appeared to confirm Chinese health officials' assessment.
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"The fact that asymptomatic persons are potential sources of 2019-nCoV infection may warrant a reassessment of transmission dynamics of the current outbreak," the study authors wrote.
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They're noticing the small bleed elsewhere that might make it disastrous to use a clot-busting drug; they're picking up on an unexpected, maybe still asymptomatic tumor.
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Many cases are thought to be mild or asymptomatic, for example, making it hard to gauge how wide the virus has spread or how deadly it is.
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No high-quality study has found a benefit to screening asymptomatic adults, and putting people on treatment with supplements has also failed to demonstrably improve health outcomes.
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One possibility is that unlike more commonly asymptomatic chlamydia, rectal gonorrhea may still cause a little "niggle" that prompts someone to be tested and treated sooner, she says.
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This is dangerous, because AFib usually is asymptomatic, meaning you can't feel it happening, and it can lead to a stroke or in some cases, heart failure. Scary?
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It's not immediately obvious why this patient was so asymptomatic, but it may have had something to do with her "deep set eyes," according to the BMJ report.
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The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends against screening for ovarian cancer in asymptomatic women who are not known to have a high-risk hereditary cancer syndrome.
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The asymptomatic Zika transmission "illustrates the need for careful precautions when visiting an area where Zika is circulating," said Dr. John Brooks, a medical epidemiologist with the CDC.
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The health department has tested more than 340 people in Miami-Dade and Broward counties, finding at least seven people who were positive for the virus but asymptomatic.
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Since an estimated 80 percent of the Zika infections are asymptomatic, over five times as many people are probably infected than the infections reported to public health authorities.
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The study found that, in China, nearly half of asymptomatic people could test positive for Covid-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, without being actually infected.
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Of the 712 passengers and crew members of the ship who tested positive for coronavirus, 331 -- or 46.5% -- were asymptomatic at the time of testing, the CDC said.
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" She adds: "It's the lower-level hits, what we call subconcussions, that are asymptomatic, that the player plays right through without even recognizing that he's had an injury.
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NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and other city hospitals have banned all visitors from labor and delivery wards in an attempt to stop the spread of coronavirus from asymptomatic carriers.
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Luján's office said in a statement that the individual was asymptomatic at the time of the "brief" interaction but later developed symptoms and was diagnosed with the virus.
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Passengers experiencing symptoms will be first off the ship, while asymptomatic passengers will be taken to military installations for screening and a 14-day quarantine, according to CNN.
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The team says the 25-year-old Italian is currently asymptomatic ... but he's been quarantined along with all the people he has had contact with in recent weeks.
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Citing hospital sources, the news magazine Caixin also reported that a new case in Wuhan on Tuesday was a doctor who had been infected by an asymptomatic patient.
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Citing hospital sources, the news magazine Caixin also reported that a new case in Wuhan on Tuesday was a doctor who had been infected by an asymptomatic patient.
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Testing is also focused on only the most severe and obvious cases, which means that large swaths of potentially asymptomatic carriers who feel just fine are going untested.
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Little is known about the virus so far, and new reports suggest it may be possible to spread among people who are asymptomatic, or not showing any symptoms.
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Through careful surveillance, the international scientific community should be devoting significant resources now toward uncovering mild cases of the disease to understand the true incidence of asymptomatic infection.
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Offit, on the other hand, said it wouldn't surprise him if the Chinese health minister is right and the Wuhan coronavirus can be spread while people are asymptomatic.
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Asymptomatic cases not counted in China China's decision to not count patients who have tested positive in the lab but haven't shown any symptoms has also raised eyebrows.
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An early study on asymptomatic transmission of the virus published last week in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine and appeared to confirm Chinese health officials' assessment.
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Nicholls said one problem could be that the new virus appeared to have greater transmissibility than SARS, due the possibility that cases can be transmitted by asymptomatic patients.
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"It's fairly clear that the majority of cases are mild and even asymptomatic," he said, noting that these factors that make it even harder to compare to flu.
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The health department said six of the 10 new cases are asymptomatic and were identified through the door-to-door community survey and testing that it is conducting.
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Additionally, Krist said, research is needed on the course of the disease among people living with the condition but not showing symptoms - known as silent or asymptomatic celiac disease.
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Study participants will provide samples of bodily fluids to be tested for Zika and related viruses, such as dengue, which will help identify people who are infected but asymptomatic.
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In a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine Thursday night, researchers laid out the details of four German business associates who became infected through asymptomatic transmission.
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Andrew M. Cuomo announced on Thursday that low-income city residents who are H.I.V.-positive but asymptomatic would get the same assistance as low-income residents who show symptoms.
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ICE offers asymptomatic, exposed detainees vaccines to protect from the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR), which is effective in preventing those diseases, but does not cure them after onset.
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The worker was asymptomatic, the department said in a statement, but had worked three shifts at a firehouse and had treated 11 patients in the time before testing positive.
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Almost half, 46.5%, of the infections aboard the Diamond Princess were asymptomatic when they were tested, partially explaining the "high attack rate" of the virus among passengers and crew.
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But during a press briefing at the White House on Saturday, the administration's coronavirus response coordinator, Dr. Deborah Birx, seemed to strike a somewhat different note on asymptomatic transmission.
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US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials have said that while it's clear asymptomatic spread does happen, it does not appear to be the driver of the outbreak.
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Dr. Anthony Fauci, the leading infectious disease specialist on The White House Coronavirus Task Force, urged people as late as Saturday not to get tested if they are asymptomatic.
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But as the number of local transmissions in China decreases, concerns have grown around the reliability of the current data -- with many online questioning the role of asymptomatic carriers.
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"Labor and delivery and pediatric patient support persons must be asymptomatic for COVID-19 and must not be a suspect or recently confirmed case," the Department of Health said.
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News reports have also claimed that health officials are finding but not publicizing a number of people with asymptomatic infections, raising fears that the virus is still silently spreading.
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Only about 1 in 150 people with West Nile virus develop serious illness, according to the CDC, meaning that many cases are asymptomatic but still protect against future infection.
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Why it matters: An accurate assessment is critical in helping researchers better understand the coronavirus' spread, COVID-19's mortality rate, the prevalence of asymptomatic carriers, and other factors.
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We found there's a lot of people who are cases, a lot of close contacts — but not a lot of asymptomatic circulation of this virus in the bigger population.
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A recent study in 483 Michigan hospitals, for instance, found that of 2,733 patients with asymptomatic bacteriuria (average age: 77), almost 83 percent received a full course of antibiotics.
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"However, the concern with widespread use of these wearables among asymptomatic patients is the possibility of false positive results that can trigger more testing and unnecessary interventions," Tarakji said.
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David Heymann, an epidemiologist at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, said there was no definitive evidence yet that people who are asymptomatic can pass on infections.
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"There's another whole cohort that is either asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic," Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said in a briefing last month.
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It's possible, as Gabriel Leung writes in The Times, that there are a vast number of infected people who aren't being counted because they have mild or asymptomatic cases.
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The ministry said only those who had tested negative and were asymptomatic would be allowed to leave the Diamond Princess, which has been moored off Yokohama since Feb. 21.
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Because SARS was mainly transmitted in medical settings, isolating sick people, versus quarantining asymptomatic people to watch for illness, wasn't really considered as an option for preventing its spread.
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The country last week amended its guidelines on prevention and control of the coronavirus, saying that a confirmed case must be recorded only when asymptomatic cases show clinical signs.
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Federico Zamberlan, a researcher studying the pharmacology behind ethnobotany at the University of Buenos Aires, similarly met someone who had an autoimmune disease but was completely asymptomatic after taking kambo.
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As well as protect individuals, the vaccine also prevents asymptomatic people from carrying the Meningitis A bacteria in their system and spreading the disease without realizing -- enabling greater herd immunity.
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But if the figure of 25 percent is correct—and if Ebola can spread via asymptomatic people (that's still a big if)—that presents a massive headache for health officials.
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"The fact that so many of these diseases are asymptomatic, which few tell-tale signals, mean that men and women aren't getting into their doctor to be tested," said Bolan.
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Drug companies that developed drugs for conditions that don't generate symptoms — like high cholesterol — could have benefitted from creating digital versions since patients with asymptomatic conditions havelowadherence rates, for example.
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The analysis, published online in The New England Journal of Medicine, adds to substantial evidence that Zika infections — even asymptomatic ones — may bring on a paralysis called Guillain-Barré syndrome.
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According to Shibuya, it is important to treat those who are critically ill and protect those most at risk, as even asymptomatic people can pass the virus on to others.
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If I am lucky enough to stay above 92 and heal on my own, I will never know if I had the coronavirus and spread it to others while asymptomatic.
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Cashman said that Gregorius had a tear in his elbow ligament when the Yankees acquired him in a trade with Arizona nearly four years ago but that it was asymptomatic.
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She wrote that the government should improve its testing capability so "mild/asymptomatic cases" could be tested as well and she supported social distancing to limit the spread of coronavirus.
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But at a moment when asymptomatic people can spread a powerful disease to vulnerable people, implementing innovative and widespread testing programs is an important tool in mitigating this virus's spread.
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CAIRO (Reuters) - Twelve new cases of coronavirus registered on a Nile cruise ship are all asymptomatic, the health ministry and World Health Organization said in a joint statement on Friday.
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"Asymptomatic hotel guests can have a normal life inside the hotel, with the required prevention measures, while the guests with symptoms will remain isolated in their rooms," Cruz Oval said.
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The White House said Dutton was asymptomatic during his meeting last week with President Trump and other administration officials, including Attorney General William Barr and White House aide Kellyanne Conway.
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This would detect all those mild or even asymptomatic cases that may be getting missed right now and help determine how deadly the new virus really is (as I've explained).
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Second, it means stopping the outbreak might be more difficult, since people start to become infectious early on in their disease or may even spread the virus when they're asymptomatic.
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" If the first symptom is common and vague, he added, "then the public health challenge of figuring out who's infectious is about as great as if it was truly asymptomatic.
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"There's another whole cohort that is either asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic," Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said at a briefing in early February.
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Coronavirus has proved to be contagious even when people who have caught it are asymptomatic, meaning that people attending might not even realise that they could infect others at MWC.
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The guidelines, published Wednesday, come only a few months after the first case of super-resistant gonorrhea was reported in the UK. Like many sexually transmitted infections, MGen is often asymptomatic.
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Some weren't aware of asymptomatic shedding, in which people can transmit the virus despite not having a visible outbreak, while others didn't understand that barrier methods might not provide complete protection.
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And those who were identified as possible contacts were monitored for symptoms -- meaning that researchers would have missed "asymptomatic" infections, where people could contract and transmit the virus without feeling ill.
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As Amesh Adalja, a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins University Center for Health Security, previously told VICE, most cases of coronavirus will be so mild, they'll be almost entirely asymptomatic.
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She said they're trying to understand people under the age of 20 who don't have "significant symptoms" -- "Are they a group that are potentially asymptomatic and spreading the virus?" she asked.
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More testing can also help researchers determine the true role asymptomatic transmission plays in the outbreak, and what factors make a person likely to transmit the virus before they feel sick.
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Caixin, a respected Chinese magazine, reported on Tuesday that dozens of asymptomatic patients were still testing positive in Wuhan each day but being excluded from public statistics reported by the government.
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The paper found that, in a specific subset of those tested in China — asymptomatic contacts of known cases — the tests wrongly found them to be positive 47 percent of the time.
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But even if you're not fleeing New York, self-quarantine is a good practice since even asymptomatic carriers of the COVID-19 virus can infect others for up to 14 days.
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China does not include asymptomatic or presymptomatic patients in its overall case list, prompting concerns on social media that potentially infectious people might cause new outbreaks once travel restrictions are eased.
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Because the novel coronavirus appears to be easily spread by asymptomatic people, it's possible that masks might help prevent people who don't yet know they're infected from spreading it to others.
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On January 24, a man flew into San Francisco "and was found to be totally healthy and asymptomatic," according to Dr. Martin Fenstersheib, interim health officer for San Benito County, California.
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But since many doctors can't seem to overlook positive tests, even in asymptomatic patients — fearful, perhaps, of missing an infection — health care systems are working to curb their impulse to treat.
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The man arrived at San Francisco International Airport on January 24 and was screened and found to be healthy and asymptomatic, said Dr. Martin Fenstersheib, the county's interim public health officer.
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"There's another whole cohort that is either asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic," Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said at a briefing in early February.
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This week, a private prison in Pennsylvania operated by GEO Group announced that detained people and employees were exposed to COVID-19 by an employee, though GEO claims they remain asymptomatic.
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"We believe the quarantine of asymptomatic individuals did not do any good and did a whole lot of harm," said Emma Roth, a second-year law student who helped draft the complaint.
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But as a Stage 4 cancer patient, in the rare (but still unenviable) position of being relatively asymptomatic for now, I understand why someone called to curing cancer will try everything available.
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"Approximately 1.5 years later, he remains asymptomatic and has resumed his previous lifestyle, including eating a normal diet while still checking his breath alcohol levels sporadically," the authors wrote in the study.
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To investigate further, they tested two viral strains on mice, and found that an asymptomatic strain called T1L had the ability to trigger an intestinal immune response on food molecules like gluten.
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Researchers think the virus can stay in a woman's body for about 12 days, but not everyone shows symptoms of Zika, and the link between asymptomatic women and the virus is unclear.
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Though he won't yet expound upon his developing theory, Dr. Heger is exploring ways to potentially predict which Chiari patients will be asymptomatic and which will have more complicated or intense issues.
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"Asymptomatic and mildly symptomatic transmission are a major factor in transmission for Covid-19," said Dr. William Schaffner, a professor at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and longtime adviser to the CDC.
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The official did not acknowledge that few countries have definitive numbers on infected citizens, as the virus is moving quickly, testing in many countries is falling short and carriers can be asymptomatic.
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Expert recommendations about wearing masks in public, however, have changed as the US's case count surpassed 14,000 by mid-March, with some Covid-19 patients being asymptomatic or only exhibiting mild symptoms.
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These crew members being tested are currently "asymptomatic" and are remaining alone in their rooms "out of an abundance of caution" as the ship returns to Fort Lauderdale, the company statement said.
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CAIRO, March 6 (Reuters) - Twelve new cases of coronavirus registered on a Nile cruise ship are all asymptomatic, the health ministry and World Health Organization said in a joint statement on Friday.
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The novel coronavirus, a severe respiratory illness that originated in Wuhan, China, late last year, has an incubation period of up to 14 days, during which time the infected may be asymptomatic.
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"The good thing is if we are able to identify them -- even those who are asymptomatic-- and treat them in the newborn period, it seems like these babies do well," said Sanchez.
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The team said in a statement that Rugani was "currently asymptomatic," but that the club was following isolation procedures required by law for him and anyone who has had contact with him.
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According to the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, a large percentage of those infected with the virus are asymptomatic, making it easy for infected blood to make its way into the transfusion supply.
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However, uBiome's kit includes certain tests not readily available in other at-home tests or common to doctor's offices such as Mycoplasma genitalium, which is an asymptomatic STI that can cause unexplained infertility.
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Men are the target group in the program, Dunne explains, because the yield for isolating N. gonorrheae is very high among men who have urethritis compared with women and those who are asymptomatic.
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Men are the target group in the program, Dunne explains, because the yield for isolating N. gonorrheae is very high among men who have urethritis compared with women and those who are asymptomatic.
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"We now know that asymptomatic transmission likely [plays] an important role in spreading this virus," said Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota.
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Various teams have tested players for the virus, including Valencia, who said on Monday that 35 percent of their first-team squad and staff have tested positive for the coronavirus but were asymptomatic.
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By March, when Italy's full nation-wide lockdown was issued, experts believe that it may have been too late — the virus had already been widely spread by carriers who may have been asymptomatic.
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Without testing large swaths of the population who could be asymptomatic carriers, the health and well-being of vulnerable populations, such as the elderly and those with preexisting conditions, are more at risk.
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To consolidate virus control achievements in the epicenter in Hubei province, the government wants the tracing back and identification of the origin of any newly confirmed, suspected, and asymptomatic coronavirus cases, it said.
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According to The Washington Post, the CDC is considering revising its previous recommendations and advising even asymptomatic Americans to cover their faces in public, though masks would still be reserved for medical workers.
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If they can't do that, at least provide a paid sick leave and not wait until somebody tests positive for the coronavirus because we know that a lot of this can be asymptomatic.
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"There's no doubt after reading this paper that asymptomatic transmission is occurring," said Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the US National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, after the research was published Friday.
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US authorities doubted asymptomatic transmission was possible The German study marks the first time scientific evidence available to the public has shown that the Wuhan coronavirus can be spread before someone develops systems.
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A person who contracts the Wuhan coronavirus could be asymptomatic for 1 to 14 days and not even know they have the virus, according to China&aposs National Health Commission Minister Ma Xiaowei.
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Coronavirus has proved to be contagious even when people who have caught it are asymptomatic, meaning that people attending the MWC might not even realize that they could infect others they meet there.
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To consolidate virus control achievements in the epicentre in Hubei province, the government wants the tracing back and identification of the origin of any newly confirmed, suspected, and asymptomatic coronavirus cases, it said.
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Tests are a critical measure to make sure Zika stays out of the national blood supply; because 80 percent of Zika infections are asymptomatic, using questionnaires to suss out unqualified donors doesn't really work.
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The U.S. Olympic study could help answer some of the big unknowns surrounding Zika, particularly the relative risks of asymptomatic versus symptomatic infections, and how long the virus remains present and transmittable in semen.
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That's when your crazy pass expires—sure, you can bend over backwards to protect your kid, but two-thirds of the world's population carries HSV-1, and many people with the virus are asymptomatic.
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I hated not fully understanding what this virus was or why I had been asymptomatic — or the fact that there were over 100 strains, but most of them clear your body on their own.
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What makes the search for a new antibiotic for gonorrhea particularly challenging is the frequency of asymptomatic infections along with gonorrhea's ability to adapt to its host's immune system and develop resistance to antibiotics.
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When it comes to syphilis, the USPSTF recommends screening for all asymptomatic adults and adolescents who are at an increased risk of infection and, wouldn't you know it, that group includes men under 31.
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The crew members were asymptomatic, meaning they had no signs of illness, and the ship was moved to a remote stretch of river, 15 miles from the tourist hub of Luxor, to be disinfected.
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One of the Covid-19 deaths in Kirkland was of someone who had been transferred, while asymptomatic, from Life Care Center of Kirkland to a nearby adult family home, possibly contaminating a new facility.
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Specifically, iRhythm is looking at cases where the condition is asymptomatic or "silent," as studies are finding that as many as one-third of people with atrial fibrillation are not aware they have it.
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If home-birth midwives travel from home to home, or if a pregnant person's family member has left the house or is asymptomatic, coronavirus has a chance to spread to these homes, Klein said.
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However, widespread testing of the general population is not happening in Wuhan, leading many to suspect that the number of positive asymptomatic cases in Wuhan is much greater than even health officials know about.
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In an email to employees, Google said the individual had contracted the disease while traveling overseas and had been in the office Monday, but was initially asymptomatic and had passed temperature screenings, CNBC reported.
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The infected passengers — who officials said were asymptomatic and "fit to fly" — were moved into a specialized containment area on the evacuation aircraft, where they were to be isolated and monitored during the flights.
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Health officials in the United States, in what could turn out to be a positive development in stemming the disease, said there was no "clear evidence" that asymptomatic transmissions of the disease were happening.
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In four medical professionals exposed to the virus in Wuhan, China, the epicenter of the epidemic, a test that detects the viral genetic material remained positive five to 13 days after they were asymptomatic.
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That is because researchers may not have been aware of all the asymptomatic Zika cases: Some women without symptoms may not have gotten tested for Zika, and consequently, their cases would not be reported.
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Chinese researchers have confirmed a case of asymptomatic transmission of the new coronavirus: A 20-year-old woman from Wuhan passed it to five of her family members but never got physically sick herself.
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If confirmed, the spread to Tibet despite the implementation of strict checks on travelers and closing of tourist sites will renew concerns about how easily the virus is transmitted, particularly when people are asymptomatic.
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Of the 253 cases of acute cannabis exposure reported to the Oregon Poison Center from December 2015 through April 2017, only 16 (6.3%) cases remain explicitly asymptomatic or 93.7% of cases "overdosed" on cannabis.
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The 300 people removed from the ship and due to board the U.S.-bound planes were evaluated by U.S. government medical staff and initially deemed asymptomatic and fit to fly, the State Department said.
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Like awareness of the risk of asymptomatic STIs, of STI transmission through oral sex, and of catching some diseases, like herpes, through skin-to-skin contact that a condom or dental dam might not cover.
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Consider the dilemma posed by a prospective mother who's informed that she has an asymptomatic disease that poses no risk to her well-being, but would result in her offspring having a considerably shorter lifespan.
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The current policy means that, if asymptomatic, a person arriving from a coronavirus hot spot is free to go to work the next day, whether in a hospital, a classroom or a large office building.
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On March 1 on ABC's This Week, US Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar told host George Stephanopoulos that asymptomatic spread is "not the major driver" of the spread of the new coronavirus.
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Asymptomatic carriers can spread the coronavirusPeople over 60 are at greater risk of becoming ill than younger folks who don't have underlying health conditions (those who do have preexisting conditions are also at higher risk).
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Mr. Paul "is asymptomatic and was tested out of an abundance of caution due to his extensive travel and events," his office said on Twitter on March 22, adding that he has since self-quarantined.
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On Sunday, the South China Morning Post, a Hong Kong newspaper, reported that asymptomatic patients, or "silent carriers," could constitute as much as one-third of those who test positive, citing classified Chinese government data.
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Currently, the CDC and other health care experts have stressed the urgency of not assuming you're not sick, given that many asymptomatic people have further spread the disease because they appeared to be perfectly healthy.
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Scientists have found that even asymptomatic people can pass on the virus, so keeping your distance from others is the best way to reduce your risk and prevent the spread of the disease COVID-19.
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Whatever the inaccuracies in the journal report, many experts remain concerned about the potential for coronavirus to be spread by asymptomatic individuals, in large part because of anecdotal information received from their colleagues in China.
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It's possible there are many more people with the virus who have very mild symptoms or who are asymptomatic, said Dr. Jeremy Farrar, director of the Wellcome Trust, a research charity focused on global health.
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Officials said that the 14 individuals who had tested positive for the virus two to three days earlier were kept in isolation while on the flight, separated from other passengers, and continued to be asymptomatic.
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Although after the initial infection, herpes viruses are "generally asymptomatic," the study notes that "they may reactive during periods of increased stress, isolation and during times of immune challenge" — conditions which are all prevelant in space.
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Though the disease is generally considered to be mild or even asymptomatic among most, a new study has found that deaths fueled by the infection are much more common than we know -- and are going unrecognized.
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The White House said on Thursday that neither Trump nor Pence had displayed any symptoms, though asymptomatic people can still spread the virus and some studies have shown symptoms can begin displaying only after five days.
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"No recommendation can be made at this time for mask use in the community by asymptomatic persons, including those at high risk for complications, to prevent exposure to influenza viruses," the agency concludes on its website.
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It's this asymptomatic transmission that is why the Trump administration is asking Americans to stay home if they can, avoid groups larger than 10 people, and to stop going to public places like bars and restaurants.
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I questioned whether it was wise for the kids (potential asymptomatic carriers) to spend time with their nonni, who are in a more vulnerable demographic, as people over age 65 were being asked to stay home.
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"Healthcare workers who have been directly exposed to a suspected or confirmed COVID-19 positive patient, and remain asymptomatic, should report to (or remain at) work," according to an email sent to employees on Sunday night.
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The students in my school who would have been stranded through these weeks by swirling reports of symptomatic and asymptomatic, of secondary or tertiary contact, of news conferences and contact rules and misinformation, don't feel abandoned.
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Chinese health officials were among the first to raise the prospect of asymptomatic transmission, even as health experts in other countries were skeptical of early reports that the virus could be passed on by such patients.
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"If [SARS] cases were infectious before symptoms appeared, or if asymptomatic cases transmitted the virus, the disease would have been much more difficult, perhaps even impossible, to control," a 2006 WHO retrospective on the outbreak said.
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The study, published in the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's weekly report on death and disease, suggests that sexual transmission of Zika is no less likely in asymptomatic individuals than in others with symptoms.
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Early symptoms include fever, cough, or difficulty breathing, but given the long incubation period, up to 14 days, it is possible for someone to be both asymptomatic and infectious, which has made controlling the spread a challenge.
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" He continues, "But without this PSA test itself, or any screening procedure at all, how are doctors going to detect asymptomatic cases like mine, before the cancer has spread and metastasized throughout one's body rendering it incurable?
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"Given that the majority of Zika cases are asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic, and mosquitoes in the affected areas may already have been infected, isolation of positive cases may have limited effect to managing the spread," it added.
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"The data really highlight the need for greater awareness among clinicians, young people and adults about gonorrhea," said Guy, stressing that the condition is largely asymptomatic: Eighty percent of women and 26.9% of men won't have symptoms.
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Considering the virus can take as long as 14 days to incubate, and that many people who test positive are asymptomatic, there's little way of knowing, for sure, the amount of risk you pose to other people.
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If suddenly on April 13 lots and lots of people head back to work -- many of whom may be asymptomatic carriers of the virus -- it's a near certainty that the caseload will go higher, maybe much higher.
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While Covid-19 has been more deadly for older people, and those with underlying health issues, officials are imploring everyone to practice social distancing, as asymptomatic carriers of the virus can contribute to its swift, silent spread.
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"This helps explain how rapidly this virus continues to spread across the country, because we have asymptomatic transmitters and we have individuals who are transmitting 48 hours before they become symptomatic," Dr. Redfield said in the interview.
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Others noted that the Apple Watch's EKG sensor was designed to pick up on asymptomatic and early stage atrial fibrillation, which may not help patients that much — the condition isn't well understood and there's no obvious treatment.
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Still, even experts who said that the effect of discounting certain cases would be small said that it would be useful to epidemiologists — and the public — to have a complete count of all cases, including asymptomatic ones.
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But other top Italian medical officials warned that while it was possible that asymptomatic people might be less contagious, because, for instance, they cough less, very little is known about the new virus and how it behaves.
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With a less severe symptoms profile, patients may stay in an asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic state for a long time, symptoms appearance may be more gradual than sudden, and progression to hospitalization and death would be rare.
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"Residents are urged to maintain vigilance and continue to eliminate mosquito breeding habitats, as there could still be asymptomatic or mild, undiagnosed cases which might result in further transmission of the virus," the agency said in a statement.
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It was established early this year that Zika could be spread through intercourse from man to woman and from man to man, and an asymptomatic man might harbor infectious virus in his semen for more than 93 days.
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The advisory committee said particular attention needed to be given to several research areas: studies comparing infected and uninfected pregnant women; genetic sequencing of viral strains; how often the infection causes symptoms; and whether asymptomatic infections are dangerous.
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"It is almost certain to expect COVID-19 to infect and spread rapidly in family residential centers, especially when people cannot engage in proper hygiene or isolate themselves from infected or asymptomatic residents or staff," the suit contends.
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A leap of cases in Tokyo may prove that the virus has been spreading throughout Japan via mild and asymptomatic spreaders, and just as people begin to let their guard down, a newfound explosion of cases will emerge.
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That's why, according to medical professionals, mass testing has been the key to reining in an outbreak like this, because it allows doctors to find and isolate carriers — including asymptomatic ones — and prevent them from spreading the disease.
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Our daughter's potential lung problem fully resolved on its own in utero — she was born asymptomatic at birth and has been ever since — but I remained designated as "high-risk," the pregnancy now haunted by solemnity and fear.
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Given the risk of staff shortages at hospitals like this, the CDC updated its recommendations for healthcare workers and facilities over the weekend, removing a requirement that asymptomatic workers who'd been exposed to a coronavirus patient stay home.
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"Given current shortages [of personal protective equipment], collection swabs, viral transport media, and testing reagents, DO NOT TEST asymptomatic and/or exposed [health care workers]," read a memo distributed to health care providers and hospitals on March 21.
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While officials aren't sure how prevalent asymptomatic spread is, recent modeling suggests that about 4 in 5 people in the early days of the outbreak may have been infected by people who didn't know they had Covid-19.
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"Additional investigation is needed to ascertain the presence of human-to-human transmission, modes of transmission, common source of exposure and the presence of asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic cases that are undetected," the WHO said in the statement.
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Pelvic exams, which typically involve inserting a speculum to widen the vagina and visually examine the cervix as well as a manual internal exam of the reproductive organs and rectum, aren't recommended for asymptomatic women who aren't pregnant.
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Across Asia and elsewhere, strict checks and screening have been put in place for all travelers arriving from China -- though this may be ineffective as scientists previously warned that the virus can be spread while patients are asymptomatic.
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Drake is on the list of asymptomatic celebs who somehow got the test, despite the fact that many have found it next to impossible to get one when they don't show symptoms, and often, even when they do.
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His physician claimed he did not need to get checked (although the White House now says that he did) or self-quarantine because he wasn't showing symptoms -- despite the CDC and other officials saying that some patients are asymptomatic.
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THREAD: If the concern is that asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic younger Americans (millennials) are continuing to spread #Coronavirus because they don't heed warnings, you could require anyone between certain ages to wear a procedure mask when they go out.
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If you or your HSP are at high risk, should you take extra precautions to further reduce the risk of transmission — giving up sex and kissing, sleeping in separate bedrooms — in case one of you has an asymptomatic infection?
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The CDC recommends wearing a mask to doctors' offices, urgent care, or the emergency room, even if you only suspect you may have coronavirus and are asymptomatic, which conflicts with the general advice to not stock up on masks.
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In a open letter published on Friday, more than 300 doctors and scientists called on the government to let them use their own laboratories to ramp up testing and identify mild and asymptomatic cases that are currently going undetected.
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"Even though it's very emotionally-draining and women are going to have to be stressed, unfortunately asymptomatic partners had been coming in and testing positive, and then they run the risk of infecting their partner and their newborn."Dr.
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These don't all have to be sophisticated set-ups; Korea separated patients into four groups (critical, severe, mild, and asymptomatic) and put the latter two into, essentially, dormitories with WiFi and TV that required much less staffing and equipment.
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Researchers still aren't sure to what extent people can spread the virus when they have no symptoms, though a report published Friday documented a case in which a woman who was asymptomatic passed the coronavirus to five family members.
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For the first time, the CDC is including asymptomatic women because of recent reports that women have tested positive for the virus after delivering babies with Zika-linked birth defects even though they didn't recall having any Zika symptoms.
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Those people, who are suspected of having an asymptomatic infection, will receive additional health care services as the authorities try to stop an outbreak that has now sickened or infected 73 people in and near Perry County since January 2014.
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New tools are also required to eliminate the parasite from 'asymptomatic carriers' - people with a few parasites in their blood who don't fall sick but can act as reservoir and spread the disease when they get bitten again by mosquitoes.
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True, it cannot fly very far, meaning that, once a suspect cluster is located, it can be isolated; from a mobility point of view, says Mr Krueger, "It's the people who are the problem," especially since Zika is often asymptomatic.
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Mild pathologic changes of Alzheimer's disease would be asymptomatic in the absence of mini-strokes and/or white matter disease of the brain, which probably results from damage to small vessels in the brain; both conditions are known consequences of hypertension.
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Innovations are also in the pipeline to deal with the challenge posed by asymptomatic carriers - people with a few parasites in their blood who don't fall sick but can act as a reservoir and spread malaria when mosquitoes bite them again.
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People who have coronavirus can be asymptomatic for days or even weeks -- and by continuing to carry on your normal daily life, you run the risk of infecting lots and lots of people if you do, in fact, have the virus.
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Four of those had no symptoms, and Ciesek was surprised to find that the viral load of the specimens from the asymptomatic patients was higher than the viral load of the specimens from the three patients who did have symptoms.
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He told the publication he self-quarantined as soon as he began to feel sick and he stresses that with so many probably not being tested, being away from others is important - especially since people can be carriers and asymptomatic.
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If you are able to count and test everybody — for example, on a cruise ship, or in a small community — then you may be able to paint a picture of what fraction of infections are asymptomatic, mild, symptomatic, and severe.
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The announcement comes after celebrities like Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson, and Idris Elba, and professional athletes — some asymptomatic — were so quickly tested and diagnosed amid a national shortage of COVID-19 test kits, as Insider's Julia Naftulin and Shira Feder reported.
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WASHINGTON — As sick people across the country struggle to get tested for the new coronavirus, asymptomatic members of Congress have been able to access tests despite guidance from the federal government urging doctors to save tests for people who are ill.
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One idea that's been reinforced by these latest reports is that kids, who are overall more likely to be asymptomatic or have mild symptoms, can be "silent" carriers of the disease, unknowingly spreading it to each other and more vulnerable adults.
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From the 1880s through 1943, New York City used North Brother Island to quarantine people with highly contagious diseases — including the infamous "Typhoid Mary" Mallon, whose asymptomatic typhoid infection caused dozens of people she worked for to die of the disease.
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"There are probably a lot more people who were infected in China who have not been really counted ... because they were either asymptomatic or their symptoms were so light that they didn't come to the attention of health authorities," Fauci said.
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"It is possible that there may be individuals who are asymptomatic that shed virus, but we need more detailed studies around this to determine how often that is happening, and if this is leading to secondary transmission," Dr. Van Kerkhove said.
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At Dr. Soong's hospital, withholding the results of urine cultures, unless doctors actually called the microbiology lab to request them, reduced prescriptions for asymptomatic bacteriuria to 12 percent from 48 percent of non-catheterized patients, with no loss of safety.
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Dr. Malik Peiris, the chair of virology at the University of Hong Kong, said in an email that mild or asymptomatic infections could form an "invisible iceberg" that made a given virus's fatality rate much lower than it initially appeared.
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Even if there have been cases of asymptomatic transmission of this infection — those will be typically rare cases and with just about every other respiratory tract infection known to humankind, those are not the people who are driving an epidemic.
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The WHO said the update was based on new evidence on Zika transmission from asymptomatic males to their female partners and a symptomatic female to her male partner, as well as evidence that Zika is present in semen for longer than thought.
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"Essentially, the findings are that you can measure gestational age and predict risk of preterm delivery in this pilot study," Moufarrej said, adding that the study still needs to be replicated in a larger, more diverse sample of women, including asymptomatic women.
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The new study, combined with the new recommendation to use the test in asymptomatic patients in the middle-risk category, when "put together, show us that this is going to be a test we're going to use more in the future," Walsh said.
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"SARS-CoV-2 RNA was identified on a variety of surfaces in cabins of both symptomatic and asymptomatic infected passengers up to 17 days after cabins were vacated on the Diamond Princess but before disinfection procedures had been conducted," the study stated.
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Simon Carney, professor of ear, nose and throat surgery at Flinders University in Adelaide, South Australia, told Bloomberg that loss of taste and smell should be tracked as part of screening procedures, saying this could bridge the gap left by asymptomatic patients.
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Traces of the virus were found "on a variety of surfaces in cabins of both symptomatic and asymptomatic infected passengers up to 17 days after cabins were vacated on the Diamond Princess but before disinfection procedures had been conducted," the CDC said.
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Addressing these concerns, Wu Zunyou, a spokesman for the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said at a news conference Tuesday that the asymptomatic patients had all been found when monitoring those who had come into close contact with confirmed cases.
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If an asymptomatic carrier of the virus hangs out at a crowded bar, for example, they run the risk of infecting dozens of others in close proximity, who could then go on to spread the virus at an exponential rate all over town.
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After CDC physician called me Sunday evening, and we discussed all the specific circumstances of which he was aware along with my circumstances, including that I was and am asymptomatic, he said that all things considered, I was cleared to return to Washington.
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As public-health experts such as Fauci have stressed, the highly contagious virus can be spread by people who are otherwise healthy, asymptomatic, and not even aware they are sick, which makes social distancing an imperative public-health policy at the moment.
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On March 13, the journal Science published an analysis that concludes 86 percent of all the Covid-19 cases in China before January 23 were not at the time detected by public health authorities (though, that doesn't mean these cases were asymptomatic).
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The researchers found that four of the seven services they examined were provided at similar rates by Medicare and commercial market plans: cervical cancer screening over age 65; prescription opioid use for migraines; cardiac testing in asymptomatic patients; and frequent bone density scans.
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"Even if there have been cases of asymptomatic transmission of this infection, those will be typically rare cases, and with just about every other respiratory tract infection known to humankind, those are not the people who are driving an epidemic," said Bogoch.
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They found just two studies, including one randomized controlled trial from a dental hospital in the U.K., and one prospective study in the U.S. But neither compared most aspects of health-related quality of life after removal versus retention of asymptomatic wisdom teeth.
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"Although the evidence is adequate for a few limited outcomes, the overall evidence on the early treatment of asymptomatic, screen-detected vitamin D deficiency in adults to improve overall health outcomes is inadequate," the task force authors write in their latest guidance.
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"There are probably a lot more people who were infected in China who have not been really counted ... because they were either asymptomatic or their symptoms were so light that they didn't come to the attention of health authorities," Fauci told CNBC on Monday.
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An exercise stress test in 2014 revealed an asymptomatic left bundle branch block -- a condition, according to the Mayo Clinic, in which there's a delay along the pathway that electrical impulses travel to make one's heart beat --but heart valves and chambers appeared normal.
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"After CDC physician called me Sunday evening, and we discussed all the specific circumstances of which he was aware along with my circumstances, including that I was and am asymptomatic, he said that all things considered, I was cleared to return to Washington," he wrote.
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Juventus announced that, though Rugani was "asymptomatic," its team would spend the next 14 days in isolation, in line with medical advice; a few minutes later, Inter Milan — Juventus's opponent last weekend in a game played behind closed doors — confirmed it would do the same.
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In San Diego, officials announced Monday that Golden Hall — home to an event space that once hosted the Rolling Stones but now more known for its naturalization ceremonies and existing family shelter — will soon be transformed into a massive emergency shelter for asymptomatic people.
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It's also possible that transmission early in the illness or from asymptomatic people won't end up being important contributors to the outbreak, said Marion Koopmans, who studies emerging infectious diseases and heads the department of virology at the Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
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"The biggest thing that's concerning about this virus is that it can be spread by someone who's asymptomatic, which is a real departure from most of the most of the viruses or communicable diseases that we have been dealing with in recent years," she said.
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A government official on the East Coast told CNN after the Trump administration's coronavirus travel restrictions came down, local and state officials were left scrambling to figure out how and where to quarantine people who were asymptomatic, but may have been exposed to the virus.
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But it's also very important to prevent the spread of stomach problems; a child who has diarrhea but practices good hand hygiene is much less likely to cause problems for anyone else, while an asymptomatic child could be incubating and spreading a GI infection.
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Air Force spokesperson Ann Stefanek pushed back on the allegations in December, stating that "the Air Force does not find all airmen with asymptomatic HIV unfit" and that each chronically ill Air Force member's "fitness determination is conducted on a case by case basis."
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Biden, who suffered a brain aneurysm in 1988, has no symptoms of similar problems, and while his heart beats irregularly, he is "completely asymptomatic," said Dr. Kevin O'Connor, who teaches medicine and directs the Executive Medicine program for George Washington University Medical Faculty Associates.
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Even worse, signs of the disease are asymptomatic, so a person often is not diagnosed with NASH until it advances to a late stage, when cirrhosis begins to ravage the body, according to Dr. Laurent Fischer, senior vice president and head of global drug development at Allergan.
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But as a new study published in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases shows, a significant portion of people who contract Ebola don't show any of the typical signs, meaning they're asymptomatic, or their symptoms are relatively mild and not wholly reflective of how the virus affects most people.
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While the serological test can't detect COVID-19 during the incubation period, it is reliable once symptoms begin to present, and could help greatly with in-situ diagnostic efforts for patients already presenting with known indicators — freeing up PCR tests for broader use, including asymptomatic screening.
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That asymptomatic lawmakers got tested underscores a growing trend of powerful people in the US getting better access to critical health care during the outbreak, and it highlights the confusing messaging around testing, especially that of earlier in the month as the coronavirus began to spread rapidly.
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"We'd have additional screening both for our volunteers and clients in the shelter three times a day to make sure if someone was asymptomatic when they came in and they presented while they were in the shelter, we could pick that up very quickly," Riggen said.
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Rand PaulRandal (Rand) Howard PaulPressley experiencing flu-like symptoms, being tested for COVID-19 Hoyer says House expects to pass Coronavirus bill on Friday Senate leaving D.C. until April 20 after coronavirus stimulus vote MORE (R-Ky.) also tested positive but said he is currently asymptomatic.
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But if this much confusion exists about what mutations are present in the blood of patients with metastatic cancer (who have a lot of tumor DNA), imagine the uncertainty that will exist for asymptomatic individuals not known to have cancer -- the very people who would be screened.
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"If there is a significant fraction of cases that are mild, asymptomatic, or moderate and people don't get sick enough that they end up going to the doctor or the hospital, those cases just may not make it onto the radar of public health agencies," Meyers said.
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The family took her to seven different clinics and hospitals, but none had infectologists that could treat her until she was finally admitted at a clinic in eastern Caracas where the doctors told him she had Guillain-Barré syndrome following on from an asymptomatic case of Zika.
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