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| Year : 2021 | Volume
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COVID-19: The enigma of asymptomatic carriers and silent transmission
Abdel-Hady El-Gilany
Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt
Correspondence Address:
Abdel-Hady El-Gilany
Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura 35516
Egypt
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None  | Check |
DOI: 10.4103/ijhas.IJHAS_135_20
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The presence of asymptomatic carriers is well known in the COVID-19. These carriers play a significant role in the disease transmission. Little is known about its magnitude, types, detection, and management. This narrative review highlights all these aspects of asymptomatic COVID-19 carriers. Much is still unknown about asymptomatic carriers in COVID-19 and its contribution in the silent spread of infection. A literature of three electronic databases with prespecified search terms was done to include the status quo data on asymptomatic carriers in COVID-19 infection. This narrative review will be useful for epidemiologists, clinicians, policymakers as well as the public in general.
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