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The transmission of the coronavirus has become one of the main areas of study for scientists around the world. On one of the most controversial and dubious aspects is whether asymptomatic patients infect. The journal JAMA Internal Medicine published a study last year suggesting that the viral load of these patients is very similar to that of those with symptoms, thus advocating isolation as a necessary measure in all infected people, regardless of their symptoms.

The prestigious scientific journal is now publishing a new study from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States which confirms this. The article says that asymptomatic individuals account for more than half of all transmissions.

According to research, approximately 59% of people studied (who had Covid-19) were infected with the virus from asymptomatic patients. The transmission was 35% of individuals presymptomatic and 24% of individuals who they never had any symptoms.

The researchers claim that “the maximum infectivity occurred early in the onset of symptoms and infected people who never develop symptoms are 75% more infectious than those who develop symptoms. ”

Miriam Bruno, head of infectology at Durand hospital, assures us that the biggest problem is “oligosymptomatic”. “Most of them are young people with a sore throat and / or a bit of a cough and don’t care. And yet, they go out the same way and hang out with others. as if they had nothing“.

He explained that there are also “presymptomatic patients who are also contagious. And in young people it is also dangerous because” they meet in closed places and do not take care of themselves. Then they meet people at risk and that makes the internship curve increases“.

Regarding the idea of ​​rubbing young people, the infectologist said that “it would give false assurance because now you are negative and tomorrow you are positive. You cannot take withdrawals every day ”.

Regarding the restriction of night traffic, Miriam assured that ” a first part of a measure to stop contagions because young people gather at night, they do not take care of themselves and it is they who transmit the most. He also assured that it will be necessary to wait fifteen days to see if the infections decrease.

The new study published by Jama would answer the question of whether asymptomatic patients are the main “silent” transmitters of the virus or if their contribution in terms of viral transmission is less than that of symptomatic and pre-symptomatic patients.

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