Normative:Asymptomatic

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Normative

Variants and synonyms

Definition

An asymptomatic case is a person infected with SARS-CoV-2 who does not develop symptoms (15,16).

Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/338882/WHO-2019-nCoV-clinical-2021.1-eng.pdf

Encyclopaedic information

One systematic review of 79 studies found that 20% (17–25%) of people remained asymptomatic throughout the course of infection (20).

Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/338882/WHO-2019-nCoV-clinical-2021.1-eng.pdf

Examples

It is unclear what percentage of individuals who present with asymptomatic infection progress to clinical disease.

Source: https://files.covid19treatmentguidelines.nih.gov/guidelines/covid19treatmentguidelines.pdf

Collocations

  • asymptomatic and presymptomatic
  • asymptomatic and symptomatic
  • asymptomatic case
  • asymptomatic infection

Keyness

  • asymptomatic: 157

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