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Impact and role of asymptomatic, pre-symptomatic and mild-symptomatic patients on SARS-CoV-2 transmission in COVID-19 pandemic †

Author : Amresh Kumar a, Partha Palit *b, M. Dutta Choudhury *a and Debprasad Chattopadhyay *c

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ABSTRACT


Since December 2019, an ongoing pandemic COVID-19 is rapidly transmitted to almost all over the globe due to the silent epidemic nature of the causative agent, SARS-Corona Virus-2 through asymptomatic, pre-symptomatic, mild-symptomatic COVID patient. Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 takes place via the person who has exposed to the virus but does not exhibit any symptom or suffers from mild symptoms related to illness, but not surrendered. Critical understanding of asymptomatic cases or incidences of symptomless and mild symptomatic people need to be investigated deeply through early diagnosis and precautionary management to prevent the super-spreading nature and rapid infection. In order to contain the infectionfurther in the community, the pathological immune response of the respective affected person and their viral load needs to be investigated, which is briefly reviewed in the following article.

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COVID-19, pandemic, asymptomatic, pre-symptomatic, mild-symptomatic