Transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 through asymptomatic carriers and aerosols : a major public health challenge

Tosta, Carlos Eduardo

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dc.contributor.author	Tosta, Carlos Eduardo	-
dc.date.accessioned	2020-12-31T17:06:23Z	-
dc.date.available	2020-12-31T17:06:23Z	-
dc.date.issued	2020	-
dc.identifier.citation	TOSTA, Eduardo. Transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 through asymptomatic carriers and aerosols: a major public health challenge. Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, Uberaba, v. 53, e20200669, 2020. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0669-2020. Disponível em: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822020000100212&lng=en&nrm=iso. Acesso em: 31 dez. 2020. Epub Dec 11, 2020.	pt_BR
dc.identifier.uri	https://repositorio.unb.br/handle/10482/39845	-
dc.language.iso	Inglês	pt_BR
dc.publisher	Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - SBMT	pt_BR
dc.rights	Acesso Aberto	pt_BR
dc.title	Transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 through asymptomatic carriers and aerosols : a major public health challenge	pt_BR
dc.type	Artigo	pt_BR
dc.subject.keyword	SARS-CoV-2	pt_BR
dc.subject.keyword	Covid-19	pt_BR
dc.subject.keyword	Infecção por coronavírus - transmissão	pt_BR
dc.subject.keyword	Portador assintomático	pt_BR
dc.subject.keyword	Transmissão aerotransportada	pt_BR
dc.rights.license	OPEN ACCESS https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.	pt_BR
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0669-2020	pt_BR
dc.description.abstract1	In the absence of vaccines and effective antiviral drugs, control of the spread of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) relies mainly on the adequacy of public health resources and policies. Hence, failure to establish and implement scientifically reliable control measures may have a significant effect on the incidence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, severity of the disease, and death toll. The average number of secondary transmissions from an infected person, or reproduction numbers (R0 and R), and the points at which the collective immunity begins to reduce the transmission of the infection, or herd immunity thresholds, are important epidemiological tools used in strategies of Covid-19 control, suppression, and mitigation. However, SARS-CoV-2 transmission through asymptomatic carriers and, possibly, aerosols, has been ignored, and this may affect the effectiveness of Covid-19 control strategies. Therefore, consideration of the two possible ways of transmission would substantially increase the values of reproduction numbers, but if estimates of the contingent of the population naturally resistant to the virus, plus those with pre-existing cross-immunity to SARS-CoV-2 were considered, the evaluation of herd immunity thresholds should reach their real and achievable levels.	pt_BR
dc.identifier.orcid	http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6586-2662	pt_BR
dc.description.unidade	Faculdade de Medicina (FMD)	-
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